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My extended family gets caught up in these MLM things all the time. So much so that from the time I was young I have been obsessed with the psychology behind it. In my family's case it's a combination of "blue-collar mentality", a lifetime of low income, lack of education and a genuine innate trust in people to be honest. By blue-collar mentality I mean, and with no offense, that these are people that have grown up in union households or with generations of bad jobs where they believe they would be rich if only it wasn't for greedy business owners making money on the backs of labor. They don't really understand the ideas of risk, investment or the incredible amount of effort that goes into running a business and making real money. They see "management" as the barrier, a wall, that prevents "the little guy" from breaking through and getting their piece of the pie. All this in spite of having no education or valuable skills. Anyone can be a business person. It's about who you know, not what you can do. Heck anyone can do what [management guy] does. He only has the job because [so-and-so] got him the job. And guess what? That is exactly the kind of language these MLM scum use to hook people. People, like my family, get to a point where they realize they are not ever going to get a high paying job. They spend years in low paying jobs or years unemployed and at some point the desperation kicks in. Now it's blood in the water and the MLM sharks are frenzied. This is where trust is such an asshole in all this. It's two-fold. One, the marketing lies to you. It tells you what you want to believe so badly--that you can actually make money with little effort or skill, which is exactly the situation you are in. You WANT to trust them. The worst, however, is that this pitch doesn't come from some nameless, faceless suit, it comes from your best buddy or your sister or uncle. Would your sister scam you? Is your friend of 20 years going to steer you in the wrong direction? Who are you going to trust--greedy Wall Street types, mega-corp executives, college professors who are part of the education scam or are you going to believe aunt Marge who was like a second mom to you growing up? I hate MLM with a passion. TL;DR: MLM preys on the uneducated, desperate underclass telling them what they want to hear and it's disgusting.

My extended family gets caught up in these MLM things all the time. So much so that from the time I was young I have been obsessed with the psychology behind it. In my family's case it's a combination of "blue-collar mentality", a lifetime of low income, lack of education and a genuine innate trust in people to be honest. By blue-collar mentality I mean, and with no offense, that these are people that have grown up in union households or with generations of bad jobs where they believe they would be rich if only it wasn't for greedy business owners making money on the backs of labor. They don't really understand the ideas of risk, investment or the incredible amount of effort that goes into running a business and making real money. They see "management" as the barrier, a wall, that prevents "the little guy" from breaking through and getting their piece of the pie. All this in spite of having no education or valuable skills. Anyone can be a business person. It's about who you know, not what you can do. Heck anyone can do what [management guy] does. He only has the job because [so-and-so] got him the job. And guess what? That is exactly the kind of language these MLM scum use to hook people. People, like my family, get to a point where they realize they are not ever going to get a high paying job. They spend years in low paying jobs or years unemployed and at some point the desperation kicks in. Now it's blood in the water and the MLM sharks are frenzied. This is where trust is such an asshole in all this. It's two-fold. One, the marketing lies to you. It tells you what you want to believe so badly--that you can actually make money with little effort or skill, which is exactly the situation you are in. You WANT to trust them. The worst, however, is that this pitch doesn't come from some nameless, faceless suit, it comes from your best buddy or your sister or uncle. Would your sister scam you? Is your friend of 20 years going to steer you in the wrong direction? Who are you going to trust--greedy Wall Street types, mega-corp executives, college professors who are part of the education scam or are you going to believe aunt Marge who was like a second mom to you growing up? I hate MLM with a passion. TL;DR: MLM preys on the uneducated, desperate underclass telling them what they want to hear and it's disgusting.

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My extended family gets caught up in these MLM things all the time. So much so that from the time I was young I have been obsessed with the psychology behind it. In my family's case it's a combination of "blue-collar mentality", a lifetime of low income, lack of education and a genuine innate trust in people to be honest. By blue-collar mentality I mean, and with no offense, that these are people that have grown up in union households or with generations of bad jobs where they believe they would be rich if only it wasn't for greedy business owners making money on the backs of labor. They don't really understand the ideas of risk, investment or the incredible amount of effort that goes into running a business and making real money. They see "management" as the barrier, a wall, that prevents "the little guy" from breaking through and getting their piece of the pie. All this in spite of having no education or valuable skills. Anyone can be a business person. It's about who you know, not what you can do. Heck anyone can do what [management guy] does. He only has the job because [so-and-so] got him the job. And guess what? That is exactly the kind of language these MLM scum use to hook people. People, like my family, get to a point where they realize they are not ever going to get a high paying job. They spend years in low paying jobs or years unemployed and at some point the desperation kicks in. Now it's blood in the water and the MLM sharks are frenzied. This is where trust is such an asshole in all this. It's two-fold. One, the marketing lies to you. It tells you what you want to believe so badly--that you can actually make money with little effort or skill, which is exactly the situation you are in. You WANT to trust them. The worst, however, is that this pitch doesn't come from some nameless, faceless suit, it comes from your best buddy or your sister or uncle. Would your sister scam you? Is your friend of 20 years going to steer you in the wrong direction? Who are you going to trust--greedy Wall Street types, mega-corp executives, college professors who are part of the education scam or are you going to believe aunt Marge who was like a second mom to you growing up? I hate MLM with a passion.

MLM preys on the uneducated, desperate underclass telling them what they want to hear and it's disgusting.

SarcasticPanda

It happens for a variety of reasons but I'm only going to talk about two. The first is the flash and glamorous lifestyle you're shown. If you're interested, go to one of these meetings or group interviews that they do. You will see a ton of flash. I'll give you a personal example from my time selling Kirby vacuums: the first day at work, the owner of our store comes in, makes a big deal about his arrival and tells us to meet him outside. He pitches us on Kirby in front of his brand new Yukon Denali that's tricked out, nice rims, monitors in the head rests and he's wearing really nice clothes and a Rolex. Now here we are, kids for the most part, a few years younger than he is and this guy is pulling in a few hundred thousand a year, all for selling vacuums. What does this tell us? That if we work for a few years, look what we can do. Compare that to the real world. When you start at a regular office job, you can bust your ass for five years but you likely aren't going to be pulling in a few hundred thousand. Sure, if you work in a law firm or something similar, it's possible but it's not likely. And people that go in for MLMs usually don't have law degrees, or degrees at all. So you have a false choice in front of you: work really hard at this MLM and make bank in a few years or sit in an office/factory/whatever and make a pittance. As a young kid, you're going to sell whatever it is. The next way they get you is by preying upon people's failures. I saw this pitch with a few of the older people that were there. Management would always make sure to throw in a few things about how it doesn't matter what you did before and that it didn't work out, you now had a chance to make up for that. Some of these people who were in their 40s and 50s were broke and had kids. One guy I knew hadn't put away enough for retirement and was trying to put his kids through school, so he was out here 10-12 hours a day working for his kids. If you've failed in life or been broke and are trying to make up for it, it's a powerful motivator. And here you have a charismatic boss who says all the right things, seems to understand you and is giving you a chance for redemption, you're going to follow him to the gates of Hell. All the while, he doesn't give a damn about you. You're there to make him money and if you can't do that, get the fuck out. Because just wait until you don't make money, that caring, empathetic boss is gone and replaced by someone who makes Gordon Gecko look like a bleeding heart liberal. It's one of the most deceptive and dishonest ways to do business. And its primary target are people that are either too stupid to understand what they're getting into (me) or people that are desperate. It sickens me and I say this as an incredibly strong capitalist/libertarian, I would love for the government to regulate these places if not shut them down all together. Hope that answered your question. TLDR: You get caught up because of flash and desperation.

It happens for a variety of reasons but I'm only going to talk about two. The first is the flash and glamorous lifestyle you're shown. If you're interested, go to one of these meetings or group interviews that they do. You will see a ton of flash. I'll give you a personal example from my time selling Kirby vacuums: the first day at work, the owner of our store comes in, makes a big deal about his arrival and tells us to meet him outside. He pitches us on Kirby in front of his brand new Yukon Denali that's tricked out, nice rims, monitors in the head rests and he's wearing really nice clothes and a Rolex. Now here we are, kids for the most part, a few years younger than he is and this guy is pulling in a few hundred thousand a year, all for selling vacuums. What does this tell us? That if we work for a few years, look what we can do. Compare that to the real world. When you start at a regular office job, you can bust your ass for five years but you likely aren't going to be pulling in a few hundred thousand. Sure, if you work in a law firm or something similar, it's possible but it's not likely. And people that go in for MLMs usually don't have law degrees, or degrees at all. So you have a false choice in front of you: work really hard at this MLM and make bank in a few years or sit in an office/factory/whatever and make a pittance. As a young kid, you're going to sell whatever it is. The next way they get you is by preying upon people's failures. I saw this pitch with a few of the older people that were there. Management would always make sure to throw in a few things about how it doesn't matter what you did before and that it didn't work out, you now had a chance to make up for that. Some of these people who were in their 40s and 50s were broke and had kids. One guy I knew hadn't put away enough for retirement and was trying to put his kids through school, so he was out here 10-12 hours a day working for his kids. If you've failed in life or been broke and are trying to make up for it, it's a powerful motivator. And here you have a charismatic boss who says all the right things, seems to understand you and is giving you a chance for redemption, you're going to follow him to the gates of Hell. All the while, he doesn't give a damn about you. You're there to make him money and if you can't do that, get the fuck out. Because just wait until you don't make money, that caring, empathetic boss is gone and replaced by someone who makes Gordon Gecko look like a bleeding heart liberal. It's one of the most deceptive and dishonest ways to do business. And its primary target are people that are either too stupid to understand what they're getting into (me) or people that are desperate. It sickens me and I say this as an incredibly strong capitalist/libertarian, I would love for the government to regulate these places if not shut them down all together. Hope that answered your question. TLDR: You get caught up because of flash and desperation.

cringepics

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cdzybbw

It happens for a variety of reasons but I'm only going to talk about two. The first is the flash and glamorous lifestyle you're shown. If you're interested, go to one of these meetings or group interviews that they do. You will see a ton of flash. I'll give you a personal example from my time selling Kirby vacuums: the first day at work, the owner of our store comes in, makes a big deal about his arrival and tells us to meet him outside. He pitches us on Kirby in front of his brand new Yukon Denali that's tricked out, nice rims, monitors in the head rests and he's wearing really nice clothes and a Rolex. Now here we are, kids for the most part, a few years younger than he is and this guy is pulling in a few hundred thousand a year, all for selling vacuums. What does this tell us? That if we work for a few years, look what we can do. Compare that to the real world. When you start at a regular office job, you can bust your ass for five years but you likely aren't going to be pulling in a few hundred thousand. Sure, if you work in a law firm or something similar, it's possible but it's not likely. And people that go in for MLMs usually don't have law degrees, or degrees at all. So you have a false choice in front of you: work really hard at this MLM and make bank in a few years or sit in an office/factory/whatever and make a pittance. As a young kid, you're going to sell whatever it is. The next way they get you is by preying upon people's failures. I saw this pitch with a few of the older people that were there. Management would always make sure to throw in a few things about how it doesn't matter what you did before and that it didn't work out, you now had a chance to make up for that. Some of these people who were in their 40s and 50s were broke and had kids. One guy I knew hadn't put away enough for retirement and was trying to put his kids through school, so he was out here 10-12 hours a day working for his kids. If you've failed in life or been broke and are trying to make up for it, it's a powerful motivator. And here you have a charismatic boss who says all the right things, seems to understand you and is giving you a chance for redemption, you're going to follow him to the gates of Hell. All the while, he doesn't give a damn about you. You're there to make him money and if you can't do that, get the fuck out. Because just wait until you don't make money, that caring, empathetic boss is gone and replaced by someone who makes Gordon Gecko look like a bleeding heart liberal. It's one of the most deceptive and dishonest ways to do business. And its primary target are people that are either too stupid to understand what they're getting into (me) or people that are desperate. It sickens me and I say this as an incredibly strong capitalist/libertarian, I would love for the government to regulate these places if not shut them down all together. Hope that answered your question.

You get caught up because of flash and desperation.

DelRMi05

My good friend dragged me to an informational 1 on 1 meeting Freshmen year of college. I knew it was a scam, but he insisted. This guy shows up , middle aged, in his daughters car, wearing the cheapest tie I've ever seen and told us we could make millions. My friend couldn't comprehend that he was about to buy a shit ton of products out of pocket and try to sell them at higher prices. Long story short, he lost money and I was smart enough at the time not to fall for it. Another kid after college kept bragging about the White Mercedes he was going to win doing something similar. . .it never came. TLDR: Don't be stupid, a sure fire way to make money is to work for it.

My good friend dragged me to an informational 1 on 1 meeting Freshmen year of college. I knew it was a scam, but he insisted. This guy shows up , middle aged, in his daughters car, wearing the cheapest tie I've ever seen and told us we could make millions. My friend couldn't comprehend that he was about to buy a shit ton of products out of pocket and try to sell them at higher prices. Long story short, he lost money and I was smart enough at the time not to fall for it. Another kid after college kept bragging about the White Mercedes he was going to win doing something similar. . .it never came. TLDR: Don't be stupid, a sure fire way to make money is to work for it.

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My good friend dragged me to an informational 1 on 1 meeting Freshmen year of college. I knew it was a scam, but he insisted. This guy shows up , middle aged, in his daughters car, wearing the cheapest tie I've ever seen and told us we could make millions. My friend couldn't comprehend that he was about to buy a shit ton of products out of pocket and try to sell them at higher prices. Long story short, he lost money and I was smart enough at the time not to fall for it. Another kid after college kept bragging about the White Mercedes he was going to win doing something similar. . .it never came.

Don't be stupid, a sure fire way to make money is to work for it.

naCion

People are complaining bout CN NA? CN AUS don't get games, we don't get new catalogue items... We are stuck with Mario shoe laces or a pencil case. Our "stars" are pointless and have 0 incentive. Nintendo AUS seem to do nothing for the Nintendo fans here. I live down the road from the Nintendo head quarters here and there are only 5 or so cars ever parked outside. They barely put up displays in the windows for the last 10 years. Tldr; who ever is whining bout CN NA, u have no idea!

People are complaining bout CN NA? CN AUS don't get games, we don't get new catalogue items... We are stuck with Mario shoe laces or a pencil case. Our "stars" are pointless and have 0 incentive. Nintendo AUS seem to do nothing for the Nintendo fans here. I live down the road from the Nintendo head quarters here and there are only 5 or so cars ever parked outside. They barely put up displays in the windows for the last 10 years. Tldr; who ever is whining bout CN NA, u have no idea!

nintendo

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People are complaining bout CN NA? CN AUS don't get games, we don't get new catalogue items... We are stuck with Mario shoe laces or a pencil case. Our "stars" are pointless and have 0 incentive. Nintendo AUS seem to do nothing for the Nintendo fans here. I live down the road from the Nintendo head quarters here and there are only 5 or so cars ever parked outside. They barely put up displays in the windows for the last 10 years.

who ever is whining bout CN NA, u have no idea!

JmwViking

OKAY, real advice? Pick a lane, take 2-3 champs, and play them only in that lane until you can practically play them with your eyes shut. Then once you start becoming progressively better with the lane and it's champions, you can branch out to other roles, just a reminder, never play Teemo, no matter how good you think you can play him, NEVER play him. TL;DR Pick a role, take 2-3 champs and master them.

OKAY, real advice? Pick a lane, take 2-3 champs, and play them only in that lane until you can practically play them with your eyes shut. Then once you start becoming progressively better with the lane and it's champions, you can branch out to other roles, just a reminder, never play Teemo, no matter how good you think you can play him, NEVER play him. TL;DR Pick a role, take 2-3 champs and master them.

leagueoflegends

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cdzkrwp

OKAY, real advice? Pick a lane, take 2-3 champs, and play them only in that lane until you can practically play them with your eyes shut. Then once you start becoming progressively better with the lane and it's champions, you can branch out to other roles, just a reminder, never play Teemo, no matter how good you think you can play him, NEVER play him.

Pick a role, take 2-3 champs and master them.

NeutralParty

Each roll is independent of the others. A die doesn't remember what the last roll was. The odds of rolling ( 1, 5, 3, 6, 2 ) are exactly the same as the odds of rolling ( 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 ) Now the odds of rolling a 1, 3, and 2 in any order you choose are much higher than the odds of rolling ( 6, 6, 6 ) in that order. Why? Because 1, 3 and 2 can be: ( 1, 2, 3 ) ( 2, 1, 3 ) ( 2, 3, 1 ) ( 3, 2, 1 ) ( 3, 1, 2 ) ( 1, 3, 2 ) but there's only one way to roll a 6, 6 and 6. To roll a ( 6, 6, 6 ) the odds are 1/6^3 *(that's 1/216)* because you're rolling 1/6 odds three times. The odds of the 1, 3, 2 combo are 1/(6/3) * 1/(6/2) * 1/3 *( that's 1/24)* since the first roll can be any of the 3, the second roll either of the other two and only the last has to be a specific number. **Now to use something more like what you're talking about:** If I want to work out how like it is that one of 2 rolls will inlclude a 3 (I took us down to 2 rolls for simplicity) I need to figure out all the way one can possible roll a 6 sided die. ( 1, 1 ) ( 1, 2 ) ( 1, 3 ) ( 1, 4 ) ( 1, 5 ) ( 1, 6 ) ( 2, 1 ) ( 2, 2 ) ( 2, 3 ) ( 2, 4 ) ( 2, 5 ) ( 2, 6 ) ( 3, 1 ) etc. For each first roll there's 6 possible follow ups, so we have 6*6 = 36 possible ways to roll a die twice. Now we need to find out how many of these possibilties include a 3. We have 6 possibilties for ( 3, <anything else>) and we have the 5 combos of ( <not 3>, 3 ) to make 11 combos. 10/36 if you only want a single 3 to show up. So the odds are simple now: we have a 11/36 chance of a 3 showing up when we roll a die twice. **TL;DR:** There's 46656 ways to roll 6 dice, and 31031 of those will include a 3, so the odds of rolling a 3 are [~0.665]( Odds go down to [~0.418]( if you want only a single 3

Each roll is independent of the others. A die doesn't remember what the last roll was. The odds of rolling ( 1, 5, 3, 6, 2 ) are exactly the same as the odds of rolling ( 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 ) Now the odds of rolling a 1, 3, and 2 in any order you choose are much higher than the odds of rolling ( 6, 6, 6 ) in that order. Why? Because 1, 3 and 2 can be: ( 1, 2, 3 ) ( 2, 1, 3 ) ( 2, 3, 1 ) ( 3, 2, 1 ) ( 3, 1, 2 ) ( 1, 3, 2 ) but there's only one way to roll a 6, 6 and 6. To roll a ( 6, 6, 6 ) the odds are 1/6^3 (that's 1/216) because you're rolling 1/6 odds three times. The odds of the 1, 3, 2 combo are 1/(6/3) 1/(6/2) 1/3 ( that's 1/24) since the first roll can be any of the 3, the second roll either of the other two and only the last has to be a specific number. Now to use something more like what you're talking about: If I want to work out how like it is that one of 2 rolls will inlclude a 3 (I took us down to 2 rolls for simplicity) I need to figure out all the way one can possible roll a 6 sided die. ( 1, 1 ) ( 1, 2 ) ( 1, 3 ) ( 1, 4 ) ( 1, 5 ) ( 1, 6 ) ( 2, 1 ) ( 2, 2 ) ( 2, 3 ) ( 2, 4 ) ( 2, 5 ) ( 2, 6 ) ( 3, 1 ) etc. For each first roll there's 6 possible follow ups, so we have 6*6 = 36 possible ways to roll a die twice. Now we need to find out how many of these possibilties include a 3. We have 6 possibilties for ( 3, <anything else>) and we have the 5 combos of ( <not 3>, 3 ) to make 11 combos. 10/36 if you only want a single 3 to show up. So the odds are simple now: we have a 11/36 chance of a 3 showing up when we roll a die twice. TL;DR: There's 46656 ways to roll 6 dice, and 31031 of those will include a 3, so the odds of rolling a 3 are [~0.665]( Odds go down to [~0.418]( if you want only a single 3

explainlikeimfive

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Each roll is independent of the others. A die doesn't remember what the last roll was. The odds of rolling ( 1, 5, 3, 6, 2 ) are exactly the same as the odds of rolling ( 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 ) Now the odds of rolling a 1, 3, and 2 in any order you choose are much higher than the odds of rolling ( 6, 6, 6 ) in that order. Why? Because 1, 3 and 2 can be: ( 1, 2, 3 ) ( 2, 1, 3 ) ( 2, 3, 1 ) ( 3, 2, 1 ) ( 3, 1, 2 ) ( 1, 3, 2 ) but there's only one way to roll a 6, 6 and 6. To roll a ( 6, 6, 6 ) the odds are 1/6^3 (that's 1/216) because you're rolling 1/6 odds three times. The odds of the 1, 3, 2 combo are 1/(6/3) 1/(6/2) 1/3 ( that's 1/24) since the first roll can be any of the 3, the second roll either of the other two and only the last has to be a specific number. Now to use something more like what you're talking about: If I want to work out how like it is that one of 2 rolls will inlclude a 3 (I took us down to 2 rolls for simplicity) I need to figure out all the way one can possible roll a 6 sided die. ( 1, 1 ) ( 1, 2 ) ( 1, 3 ) ( 1, 4 ) ( 1, 5 ) ( 1, 6 ) ( 2, 1 ) ( 2, 2 ) ( 2, 3 ) ( 2, 4 ) ( 2, 5 ) ( 2, 6 ) ( 3, 1 ) etc. For each first roll there's 6 possible follow ups, so we have 6*6 = 36 possible ways to roll a die twice. Now we need to find out how many of these possibilties include a 3. We have 6 possibilties for ( 3, <anything else>) and we have the 5 combos of ( <not 3>, 3 ) to make 11 combos. 10/36 if you only want a single 3 to show up. So the odds are simple now: we have a 11/36 chance of a 3 showing up when we roll a die twice.

There's 46656 ways to roll 6 dice, and 31031 of those will include a 3, so the odds of rolling a 3 are [~0.665]( Odds go down to [~0.418]( if you want only a single 3

fr3echilly

for me on blue it's not an issue because the health and skill bars are technically behind you and you're playing towards the blue side. While on purple side the health bars are in front of you and your objective is to play towards the blue side on purple side. tl:dr when on purple side your playing towards blue side with a health/skill bar in your way.

for me on blue it's not an issue because the health and skill bars are technically behind you and you're playing towards the blue side. While on purple side the health bars are in front of you and your objective is to play towards the blue side on purple side. tl:dr when on purple side your playing towards blue side with a health/skill bar in your way.

leagueoflegends

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cdzr5lf

for me on blue it's not an issue because the health and skill bars are technically behind you and you're playing towards the blue side. While on purple side the health bars are in front of you and your objective is to play towards the blue side on purple side.

when on purple side your playing towards blue side with a health/skill bar in your way.

Hobbzie

They did enter the agreement, they've been in talks for the longest time where have you been?! The US has offered to end sanctions for as long as Iran stops enriching Uranium. If the US continues to sanction Iran will continue to enrich and get **closer** to a bomb. The reason sanctions were put in place was to get Iran to the bargaining table, the US said that if Iran was willing to negotiate it would end sanctions. If the US begins sanctioning again who is ever going to want to make a deal with the US? In foreign policy whether you are a Liberal or a Conservative some form of realism needs to be taken into account in the form of legitimacy. Countries are more likely to align themselves or trust a legitimate country i.e. One that follows the rules it sets for itself and others (which includes the UN). The US re-sanctioning Iran is a big misstep and tells the US' foreign allies that they are not serious about the situation. The US can't just keep giving countries ultimatums, eventually people are going to stop listening. TLDR: By re-sanctioning Iran, the US is going back on what it said, decreasing international legitimacy.

They did enter the agreement, they've been in talks for the longest time where have you been?! The US has offered to end sanctions for as long as Iran stops enriching Uranium. If the US continues to sanction Iran will continue to enrich and get closer to a bomb. The reason sanctions were put in place was to get Iran to the bargaining table, the US said that if Iran was willing to negotiate it would end sanctions. If the US begins sanctioning again who is ever going to want to make a deal with the US? In foreign policy whether you are a Liberal or a Conservative some form of realism needs to be taken into account in the form of legitimacy. Countries are more likely to align themselves or trust a legitimate country i.e. One that follows the rules it sets for itself and others (which includes the UN). The US re-sanctioning Iran is a big misstep and tells the US' foreign allies that they are not serious about the situation. The US can't just keep giving countries ultimatums, eventually people are going to stop listening. TLDR: By re-sanctioning Iran, the US is going back on what it said, decreasing international legitimacy.

news

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cdzsox5

They did enter the agreement, they've been in talks for the longest time where have you been?! The US has offered to end sanctions for as long as Iran stops enriching Uranium. If the US continues to sanction Iran will continue to enrich and get closer to a bomb. The reason sanctions were put in place was to get Iran to the bargaining table, the US said that if Iran was willing to negotiate it would end sanctions. If the US begins sanctioning again who is ever going to want to make a deal with the US? In foreign policy whether you are a Liberal or a Conservative some form of realism needs to be taken into account in the form of legitimacy. Countries are more likely to align themselves or trust a legitimate country i.e. One that follows the rules it sets for itself and others (which includes the UN). The US re-sanctioning Iran is a big misstep and tells the US' foreign allies that they are not serious about the situation. The US can't just keep giving countries ultimatums, eventually people are going to stop listening.

By re-sanctioning Iran, the US is going back on what it said, decreasing international legitimacy.

Bardfinn

GIFs are more popular because HTML5 video / a patent\royalty-free animated picture format other than animated GIFs has only recently come into existence, whereas animated GIFs have existed for 25 years and everyone and their dog bought licenses to implement support for the format. TLDR: institutional momentum and 25 years' head start.

GIFs are more popular because HTML5 video / a patent\royalty-free animated picture format other than animated GIFs has only recently come into existence, whereas animated GIFs have existed for 25 years and everyone and their dog bought licenses to implement support for the format. TLDR: institutional momentum and 25 years' head start.

gaming

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ce01q0q

GIFs are more popular because HTML5 video / a patent\royalty-free animated picture format other than animated GIFs has only recently come into existence, whereas animated GIFs have existed for 25 years and everyone and their dog bought licenses to implement support for the format.

institutional momentum and 25 years' head start.

Quickloot

They do fix it faster when it's on reddit, or dulfy posts about it (Ash legion spy kits, now harpy feathers). It's a shame dulfy doesn't raise attention about current arah exploits, because we are in this shit for 1 year and we have done everything to make Anet fix it and they dont care because it didnt leak on to reddit. **TL;DR: Dulfy could make gw2 dungeons fixed in less than a week.**

They do fix it faster when it's on reddit, or dulfy posts about it (Ash legion spy kits, now harpy feathers). It's a shame dulfy doesn't raise attention about current arah exploits, because we are in this shit for 1 year and we have done everything to make Anet fix it and they dont care because it didnt leak on to reddit. TL;DR: Dulfy could make gw2 dungeons fixed in less than a week.

Guildwars2

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ce06f41

They do fix it faster when it's on reddit, or dulfy posts about it (Ash legion spy kits, now harpy feathers). It's a shame dulfy doesn't raise attention about current arah exploits, because we are in this shit for 1 year and we have done everything to make Anet fix it and they dont care because it didnt leak on to reddit.

Dulfy could make gw2 dungeons fixed in less than a week.

KSBadApple

The dealer I worked at would eventually take a few hundred off of last year's models. But this is 5-6 months into the new model year. by then the leftovers are very unpopular models/equipment combinations (I personally don't think there is such a thing with the FRS), so you probably wouldn't want them anyway. TL;DR Get the '14 when you want it, don't wait for the '15; you could be on another deployment by then (hopefully not!).

The dealer I worked at would eventually take a few hundred off of last year's models. But this is 5-6 months into the new model year. by then the leftovers are very unpopular models/equipment combinations (I personally don't think there is such a thing with the FRS), so you probably wouldn't want them anyway. TL;DR Get the '14 when you want it, don't wait for the '15; you could be on another deployment by then (hopefully not!).

askcarsales

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ce0cytp

The dealer I worked at would eventually take a few hundred off of last year's models. But this is 5-6 months into the new model year. by then the leftovers are very unpopular models/equipment combinations (I personally don't think there is such a thing with the FRS), so you probably wouldn't want them anyway.

Get the '14 when you want it, don't wait for the '15; you could be on another deployment by then (hopefully not!).

IlCattivo91

Bless my poor broke girlfriend, we are both students and live off the same money so she didn't want to buy one new because I like her with both kidneys so she bought one off eBay. I've got a 2011-2012 kit and that's a small and fits very tightly. This one was a large and it's a bit baggy, I think the Goldilocks one for me would be a medium, and I'll probably get that one next year since the new kits look absolutely delectable. It's good though, it gives me some room to either lose weight or get fat and still support Roma. tl;dr: The small is very tight, the large is very baggy, I think a medium would be best - For reference I am 1.83m tall and weigh 65kg, quite slim.

Bless my poor broke girlfriend, we are both students and live off the same money so she didn't want to buy one new because I like her with both kidneys so she bought one off eBay. I've got a 2011-2012 kit and that's a small and fits very tightly. This one was a large and it's a bit baggy, I think the Goldilocks one for me would be a medium, and I'll probably get that one next year since the new kits look absolutely delectable. It's good though, it gives me some room to either lose weight or get fat and still support Roma. tl;dr: The small is very tight, the large is very baggy, I think a medium would be best - For reference I am 1.83m tall and weigh 65kg, quite slim.

ASRoma

t5_2t2oy

ce02rdj

Bless my poor broke girlfriend, we are both students and live off the same money so she didn't want to buy one new because I like her with both kidneys so she bought one off eBay. I've got a 2011-2012 kit and that's a small and fits very tightly. This one was a large and it's a bit baggy, I think the Goldilocks one for me would be a medium, and I'll probably get that one next year since the new kits look absolutely delectable. It's good though, it gives me some room to either lose weight or get fat and still support Roma.

The small is very tight, the large is very baggy, I think a medium would be best - For reference I am 1.83m tall and weigh 65kg, quite slim.

MagiQody

In regards to 2: story time. I think meds can cause problems of their own, if I have any aches or pains or nausea I prefer weed over pills and here's why: My dog got a blood parasite. Killed all her white blood cells (down to 8% of the normal, healthy level.) She was dying. We got her on a pill/shot regimen under vets orders. The pills helped her combat the parasite, but she didn't get much better. After about 4 months, over $400 a week on meds, her hair was coming off when you pet her, and she could barely stand. The vet says to put her down. On a Thursday, I go to say goodbye (she lives at my parents) and dad says he's going Saturday to have her put down. I saw something in her that made me feel wrong about it, and told them to take her off the meds (she was on about 12 pills a day) and see what happens. 3 month later, my dog is as energetic as a puppy, all her hair is back (and thicker!) And I'm so glad. We were 2 days away from killing our dog because of the effects of meds. I know its case by case, but just the basic impact on the liver is reason enough for me to avoid pills (and TRY to avoid alcohol) TL;DR Vet told us to put my dog down. I stopped giving her the "medicine" and I got my dog back, better than before. In short, no, there aren't healthy medicines out their. Pick any of them and read the side effects and risks. With weed, there are few (if any) side affects outside of couch lock, reduction in cardio ability and reduced cognitive awareness. On top of all this, weed isn't a "cure" for cancer, but I can't think of any other natural products that inhibit cancer growth (not to mention all the cancer symptoms it makes bearable) so to you, I say toke up, spare your liver, and refresh your outlook. Good vibes to you

In regards to 2: story time. I think meds can cause problems of their own, if I have any aches or pains or nausea I prefer weed over pills and here's why: My dog got a blood parasite. Killed all her white blood cells (down to 8% of the normal, healthy level.) She was dying. We got her on a pill/shot regimen under vets orders. The pills helped her combat the parasite, but she didn't get much better. After about 4 months, over $400 a week on meds, her hair was coming off when you pet her, and she could barely stand. The vet says to put her down. On a Thursday, I go to say goodbye (she lives at my parents) and dad says he's going Saturday to have her put down. I saw something in her that made me feel wrong about it, and told them to take her off the meds (she was on about 12 pills a day) and see what happens. 3 month later, my dog is as energetic as a puppy, all her hair is back (and thicker!) And I'm so glad. We were 2 days away from killing our dog because of the effects of meds. I know its case by case, but just the basic impact on the liver is reason enough for me to avoid pills (and TRY to avoid alcohol) TL;DR Vet told us to put my dog down. I stopped giving her the "medicine" and I got my dog back, better than before. In short, no, there aren't healthy medicines out their. Pick any of them and read the side effects and risks. With weed, there are few (if any) side affects outside of couch lock, reduction in cardio ability and reduced cognitive awareness. On top of all this, weed isn't a "cure" for cancer, but I can't think of any other natural products that inhibit cancer growth (not to mention all the cancer symptoms it makes bearable) so to you, I say toke up, spare your liver, and refresh your outlook. Good vibes to you

trees

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ce0bcbp

In regards to 2: story time. I think meds can cause problems of their own, if I have any aches or pains or nausea I prefer weed over pills and here's why: My dog got a blood parasite. Killed all her white blood cells (down to 8% of the normal, healthy level.) She was dying. We got her on a pill/shot regimen under vets orders. The pills helped her combat the parasite, but she didn't get much better. After about 4 months, over $400 a week on meds, her hair was coming off when you pet her, and she could barely stand. The vet says to put her down. On a Thursday, I go to say goodbye (she lives at my parents) and dad says he's going Saturday to have her put down. I saw something in her that made me feel wrong about it, and told them to take her off the meds (she was on about 12 pills a day) and see what happens. 3 month later, my dog is as energetic as a puppy, all her hair is back (and thicker!) And I'm so glad. We were 2 days away from killing our dog because of the effects of meds. I know its case by case, but just the basic impact on the liver is reason enough for me to avoid pills (and TRY to avoid alcohol)

Vet told us to put my dog down. I stopped giving her the "medicine" and I got my dog back, better than before. In short, no, there aren't healthy medicines out their. Pick any of them and read the side effects and risks. With weed, there are few (if any) side affects outside of couch lock, reduction in cardio ability and reduced cognitive awareness. On top of all this, weed isn't a "cure" for cancer, but I can't think of any other natural products that inhibit cancer growth (not to mention all the cancer symptoms it makes bearable) so to you, I say toke up, spare your liver, and refresh your outlook. Good vibes to you

SmallGalaxy

Other than the setting for the current campaign, I think my favorite scenario, which is from the same campaign, is when we went to resupply. Now, we are on what has been called a void ship, but is, for all intents and purposes, a cross between the TARDIS and Howl's moving castle (we even got a cranky Calcifer-like AI!). This was our first plane-hop, so we have absolutely no idea what to expect (except for those with K: Planes, of course). There are doors in the ship's corridors, which can intersect with various planes in order to allow us to travel to and from them. Luckily, we got one of the Planes that weren't made of fire or bees or firebees. Everyone was glad to be able to grab some new things (their packs and everything in them disintegrated when they appeared on the ship). We headed over to the door, which the kid of the party immediately threw open, revealing... a musty crypt. With a priest outside. Who was shrieking. In a language none of the party members understood. He eventually calmed down and began cycling through other languages (which we still didn't understand) until he got to one our linguist could understand. After being led upstairs and explaining our situation to his boss, we finally got to the marketplace, with the cleric (under the influence of a tongues spell) in tow. It is worth mentioning that almost everything there was decorated extensively with silver and gold, which our paladin found quite wasteful. The issue of currency came up, and we found that gold and silver were amazingly common there (which calmed down the paladin a bit) and therefore nearly worthless. We asked what they used for money, and he held up an iron coin. He then realized that our paladin was wearing steel armor. **TL;DR:**We landed in a plane where iron was amazingly scarce, our paladin learned a lesson about jumping to conclusions, and some cleric questioned his decision not to be a rogue.

Other than the setting for the current campaign, I think my favorite scenario, which is from the same campaign, is when we went to resupply. Now, we are on what has been called a void ship, but is, for all intents and purposes, a cross between the TARDIS and Howl's moving castle (we even got a cranky Calcifer-like AI!). This was our first plane-hop, so we have absolutely no idea what to expect (except for those with K: Planes, of course). There are doors in the ship's corridors, which can intersect with various planes in order to allow us to travel to and from them. Luckily, we got one of the Planes that weren't made of fire or bees or firebees. Everyone was glad to be able to grab some new things (their packs and everything in them disintegrated when they appeared on the ship). We headed over to the door, which the kid of the party immediately threw open, revealing... a musty crypt. With a priest outside. Who was shrieking. In a language none of the party members understood. He eventually calmed down and began cycling through other languages (which we still didn't understand) until he got to one our linguist could understand. After being led upstairs and explaining our situation to his boss, we finally got to the marketplace, with the cleric (under the influence of a tongues spell) in tow. It is worth mentioning that almost everything there was decorated extensively with silver and gold, which our paladin found quite wasteful. The issue of currency came up, and we found that gold and silver were amazingly common there (which calmed down the paladin a bit) and therefore nearly worthless. We asked what they used for money, and he held up an iron coin. He then realized that our paladin was wearing steel armor. TL;DR: We landed in a plane where iron was amazingly scarce, our paladin learned a lesson about jumping to conclusions, and some cleric questioned his decision not to be a rogue.

DnD

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ce0y69x

Other than the setting for the current campaign, I think my favorite scenario, which is from the same campaign, is when we went to resupply. Now, we are on what has been called a void ship, but is, for all intents and purposes, a cross between the TARDIS and Howl's moving castle (we even got a cranky Calcifer-like AI!). This was our first plane-hop, so we have absolutely no idea what to expect (except for those with K: Planes, of course). There are doors in the ship's corridors, which can intersect with various planes in order to allow us to travel to and from them. Luckily, we got one of the Planes that weren't made of fire or bees or firebees. Everyone was glad to be able to grab some new things (their packs and everything in them disintegrated when they appeared on the ship). We headed over to the door, which the kid of the party immediately threw open, revealing... a musty crypt. With a priest outside. Who was shrieking. In a language none of the party members understood. He eventually calmed down and began cycling through other languages (which we still didn't understand) until he got to one our linguist could understand. After being led upstairs and explaining our situation to his boss, we finally got to the marketplace, with the cleric (under the influence of a tongues spell) in tow. It is worth mentioning that almost everything there was decorated extensively with silver and gold, which our paladin found quite wasteful. The issue of currency came up, and we found that gold and silver were amazingly common there (which calmed down the paladin a bit) and therefore nearly worthless. We asked what they used for money, and he held up an iron coin. He then realized that our paladin was wearing steel armor.

We landed in a plane where iron was amazingly scarce, our paladin learned a lesson about jumping to conclusions, and some cleric questioned his decision not to be a rogue.

Pap3rkat

As a player and a DM from time to time this scenario was i think the most fun for me and as a DM i thought of how challenging it really was. So my friend Will is DMing, another friend of mine named Josh jumped into the game and rolled up a level 4 Gnome Rogue named Garlit (this is 3.5 mind you, fuck 4.0 for removing Gnomes as a core race,) I'm playing a Halfling Rogue named Kennen, and Will (DM) is kinda playing a Elf Ninja Named Zeelo along with us to help the campaign run smoother. Just another character to help us out in combat and what not. So here's the setup. Will has a world that I have been gaming in ever since I have known him (10+ years.) In this instance our sneaky characters are apart of his worldwide organized thieves guild and we are in a huge forest that is in his world. This forest is massive! It is split by a road and our guild known as The Organization, is at war with the 2nd largest thieves guild in the world called Sticky Fingers. Our guild controls one half of the forest and the other half is controlled by Sticky Fingers. Our mission was to intercept a caravan that was carrying stowaway items on the road through the middle of the forest. These items were just in plain boxes and the leader of this supply caravan didn't even know they were there. We were to also scout key points that the DM set out for us for future raids on supply caravans. So we get our task from the head of the forest outpost named Jax and he tells us to keep a low profile, avoid fights, and use our skills to get this done. We had 2 days to scout the key points and after that 2 days we had one day until the caravan was going to pass through with the items on board. We are given some equipment from the guild to help us on our task at hand. We each get Shoes of Silence, a Foresters Cloak, and a spyglass (he currently has a ban on magic items , in game they are black market items.) These items are out of the Arms and Equipment guide (3.0) are bought for cheap, giving non magical +1's to hide and move silent while in a forest setting. Will Explained the Cloak to us as more to resemble a [ghillie suit]( THIS IS IMPORTANT. So we set out around 6 AM in game and all is going smooth, we are following the map to the first point and we all have some witty banter amongst the players talking crap to the Gnome and what not because ya know... gnomes are hilarious. So Josh is RPing this Gnome perfectly in my eyes and we are having a great time. We start to near the first checkpoint that we are to be checking out and lo and behold we spot some enemies through our spyglasses. So myself (Kennen) Josh (Garlit) and Will (DM/Zeelo) all start low crwaling to get a better vantage point closer to this checkpoint that is on the side of the road. We spot around 5 or so enemies in the trees and in [Hunting Blind]( style tents for concealment. But ya know a couple of Rogues and a Ninja with a spyglass can see them no problem. This is were the fun starts. Josh asks Will if he can tumble across the road to get closer to the enemies to take them out. I remind Josh that this isn't our mission and we are just scouting the location. Josh doesn't care at all he just wants to get into a fight. So Josh announces to Will that he is going to roll a tumble check while in his Ghillie Suit to roll across the road while trying to look like a Tumble Weed.... we all kind of paused in game and just started dying laughing. Picture it in your head. A gnome in a Ghillie suit tumbling across the road to look like a tumble weed or bush blowing across the road. It was a smart move... Except Josh forgot to check to see if their was wind or not... THERE WAS NO WIND. So starts his tumble about 10 feet off the road get about halfway across this 20 foot wide road and proceeds to take several crossbow bolts in the back while tumbling. We roll initiative. Josh takes the lead, I'm next, Will next and the enemies last. So First thing Josh does is pull out his gnome crossbow and tie his silk rope to a bolt, he wants to fire at the tree and try to climb the tree. Hes done for the round fiddling with his crossbow. The enemies only see Josh so far so i pull out my heavy cross bow (my street Cannon) and take a shot at one of the guys in the tree. I shoot and drop one guy with a sneak attack so im done for the round. Will just assess the situation. The enemies then all take a shot at Josh again. They drop him to negative HP so he goes out. Will starts the next round and by this time out of game we are dying laughing. A tumble weed is rolling across the road with no wind and gets shot at. 1 enemy is dropped by me, the tumble weed stops moving and now has around 4-5 crossbow bolts sticking out of him. we finish up the fight and then stabilize the retarded gnome. We wait a day then go to the next checkpoint without any worries. We raid the caravan and don't find the boxes. Shit... after this we head back to our forest outpost and go our separate ways after a debrief. This was the last time we saw Garlit (josh has been having scheduling issues with work so we haven't been able to get him back in this campaign) In game he was dismissed and re-stationed at another outpost. This is the best scenario that i have played in a long time. It really gave us a chance as players to have fun and use the skills of our rogues (albeit ridiculous use of skills) Will said that this is one of the funniest and best seesions he has DMed in a while. Just remember one thing Folks. Don't try to be a Tumble weed without wind. It doesnt work out to anyone's favor. TLDR; Tumbling rogue almost tumbles to his death as a tumble weed.

As a player and a DM from time to time this scenario was i think the most fun for me and as a DM i thought of how challenging it really was. So my friend Will is DMing, another friend of mine named Josh jumped into the game and rolled up a level 4 Gnome Rogue named Garlit (this is 3.5 mind you, fuck 4.0 for removing Gnomes as a core race,) I'm playing a Halfling Rogue named Kennen, and Will (DM) is kinda playing a Elf Ninja Named Zeelo along with us to help the campaign run smoother. Just another character to help us out in combat and what not. So here's the setup. Will has a world that I have been gaming in ever since I have known him (10+ years.) In this instance our sneaky characters are apart of his worldwide organized thieves guild and we are in a huge forest that is in his world. This forest is massive! It is split by a road and our guild known as The Organization, is at war with the 2nd largest thieves guild in the world called Sticky Fingers. Our guild controls one half of the forest and the other half is controlled by Sticky Fingers. Our mission was to intercept a caravan that was carrying stowaway items on the road through the middle of the forest. These items were just in plain boxes and the leader of this supply caravan didn't even know they were there. We were to also scout key points that the DM set out for us for future raids on supply caravans. So we get our task from the head of the forest outpost named Jax and he tells us to keep a low profile, avoid fights, and use our skills to get this done. We had 2 days to scout the key points and after that 2 days we had one day until the caravan was going to pass through with the items on board. We are given some equipment from the guild to help us on our task at hand. We each get Shoes of Silence, a Foresters Cloak, and a spyglass (he currently has a ban on magic items , in game they are black market items.) These items are out of the Arms and Equipment guide (3.0) are bought for cheap, giving non magical +1's to hide and move silent while in a forest setting. Will Explained the Cloak to us as more to resemble a [ghillie suit]( THIS IS IMPORTANT. So we set out around 6 AM in game and all is going smooth, we are following the map to the first point and we all have some witty banter amongst the players talking crap to the Gnome and what not because ya know... gnomes are hilarious. So Josh is RPing this Gnome perfectly in my eyes and we are having a great time. We start to near the first checkpoint that we are to be checking out and lo and behold we spot some enemies through our spyglasses. So myself (Kennen) Josh (Garlit) and Will (DM/Zeelo) all start low crwaling to get a better vantage point closer to this checkpoint that is on the side of the road. We spot around 5 or so enemies in the trees and in [Hunting Blind]( style tents for concealment. But ya know a couple of Rogues and a Ninja with a spyglass can see them no problem. This is were the fun starts. Josh asks Will if he can tumble across the road to get closer to the enemies to take them out. I remind Josh that this isn't our mission and we are just scouting the location. Josh doesn't care at all he just wants to get into a fight. So Josh announces to Will that he is going to roll a tumble check while in his Ghillie Suit to roll across the road while trying to look like a Tumble Weed.... we all kind of paused in game and just started dying laughing. Picture it in your head. A gnome in a Ghillie suit tumbling across the road to look like a tumble weed or bush blowing across the road. It was a smart move... Except Josh forgot to check to see if their was wind or not... THERE WAS NO WIND. So starts his tumble about 10 feet off the road get about halfway across this 20 foot wide road and proceeds to take several crossbow bolts in the back while tumbling. We roll initiative. Josh takes the lead, I'm next, Will next and the enemies last. So First thing Josh does is pull out his gnome crossbow and tie his silk rope to a bolt, he wants to fire at the tree and try to climb the tree. Hes done for the round fiddling with his crossbow. The enemies only see Josh so far so i pull out my heavy cross bow (my street Cannon) and take a shot at one of the guys in the tree. I shoot and drop one guy with a sneak attack so im done for the round. Will just assess the situation. The enemies then all take a shot at Josh again. They drop him to negative HP so he goes out. Will starts the next round and by this time out of game we are dying laughing. A tumble weed is rolling across the road with no wind and gets shot at. 1 enemy is dropped by me, the tumble weed stops moving and now has around 4-5 crossbow bolts sticking out of him. we finish up the fight and then stabilize the retarded gnome. We wait a day then go to the next checkpoint without any worries. We raid the caravan and don't find the boxes. Shit... after this we head back to our forest outpost and go our separate ways after a debrief. This was the last time we saw Garlit (josh has been having scheduling issues with work so we haven't been able to get him back in this campaign) In game he was dismissed and re-stationed at another outpost. This is the best scenario that i have played in a long time. It really gave us a chance as players to have fun and use the skills of our rogues (albeit ridiculous use of skills) Will said that this is one of the funniest and best seesions he has DMed in a while. Just remember one thing Folks. Don't try to be a Tumble weed without wind. It doesnt work out to anyone's favor. TLDR; Tumbling rogue almost tumbles to his death as a tumble weed.

DnD

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ce0lf68

As a player and a DM from time to time this scenario was i think the most fun for me and as a DM i thought of how challenging it really was. So my friend Will is DMing, another friend of mine named Josh jumped into the game and rolled up a level 4 Gnome Rogue named Garlit (this is 3.5 mind you, fuck 4.0 for removing Gnomes as a core race,) I'm playing a Halfling Rogue named Kennen, and Will (DM) is kinda playing a Elf Ninja Named Zeelo along with us to help the campaign run smoother. Just another character to help us out in combat and what not. So here's the setup. Will has a world that I have been gaming in ever since I have known him (10+ years.) In this instance our sneaky characters are apart of his worldwide organized thieves guild and we are in a huge forest that is in his world. This forest is massive! It is split by a road and our guild known as The Organization, is at war with the 2nd largest thieves guild in the world called Sticky Fingers. Our guild controls one half of the forest and the other half is controlled by Sticky Fingers. Our mission was to intercept a caravan that was carrying stowaway items on the road through the middle of the forest. These items were just in plain boxes and the leader of this supply caravan didn't even know they were there. We were to also scout key points that the DM set out for us for future raids on supply caravans. So we get our task from the head of the forest outpost named Jax and he tells us to keep a low profile, avoid fights, and use our skills to get this done. We had 2 days to scout the key points and after that 2 days we had one day until the caravan was going to pass through with the items on board. We are given some equipment from the guild to help us on our task at hand. We each get Shoes of Silence, a Foresters Cloak, and a spyglass (he currently has a ban on magic items , in game they are black market items.) These items are out of the Arms and Equipment guide (3.0) are bought for cheap, giving non magical +1's to hide and move silent while in a forest setting. Will Explained the Cloak to us as more to resemble a [ghillie suit]( THIS IS IMPORTANT. So we set out around 6 AM in game and all is going smooth, we are following the map to the first point and we all have some witty banter amongst the players talking crap to the Gnome and what not because ya know... gnomes are hilarious. So Josh is RPing this Gnome perfectly in my eyes and we are having a great time. We start to near the first checkpoint that we are to be checking out and lo and behold we spot some enemies through our spyglasses. So myself (Kennen) Josh (Garlit) and Will (DM/Zeelo) all start low crwaling to get a better vantage point closer to this checkpoint that is on the side of the road. We spot around 5 or so enemies in the trees and in [Hunting Blind]( style tents for concealment. But ya know a couple of Rogues and a Ninja with a spyglass can see them no problem. This is were the fun starts. Josh asks Will if he can tumble across the road to get closer to the enemies to take them out. I remind Josh that this isn't our mission and we are just scouting the location. Josh doesn't care at all he just wants to get into a fight. So Josh announces to Will that he is going to roll a tumble check while in his Ghillie Suit to roll across the road while trying to look like a Tumble Weed.... we all kind of paused in game and just started dying laughing. Picture it in your head. A gnome in a Ghillie suit tumbling across the road to look like a tumble weed or bush blowing across the road. It was a smart move... Except Josh forgot to check to see if their was wind or not... THERE WAS NO WIND. So starts his tumble about 10 feet off the road get about halfway across this 20 foot wide road and proceeds to take several crossbow bolts in the back while tumbling. We roll initiative. Josh takes the lead, I'm next, Will next and the enemies last. So First thing Josh does is pull out his gnome crossbow and tie his silk rope to a bolt, he wants to fire at the tree and try to climb the tree. Hes done for the round fiddling with his crossbow. The enemies only see Josh so far so i pull out my heavy cross bow (my street Cannon) and take a shot at one of the guys in the tree. I shoot and drop one guy with a sneak attack so im done for the round. Will just assess the situation. The enemies then all take a shot at Josh again. They drop him to negative HP so he goes out. Will starts the next round and by this time out of game we are dying laughing. A tumble weed is rolling across the road with no wind and gets shot at. 1 enemy is dropped by me, the tumble weed stops moving and now has around 4-5 crossbow bolts sticking out of him. we finish up the fight and then stabilize the retarded gnome. We wait a day then go to the next checkpoint without any worries. We raid the caravan and don't find the boxes. Shit... after this we head back to our forest outpost and go our separate ways after a debrief. This was the last time we saw Garlit (josh has been having scheduling issues with work so we haven't been able to get him back in this campaign) In game he was dismissed and re-stationed at another outpost. This is the best scenario that i have played in a long time. It really gave us a chance as players to have fun and use the skills of our rogues (albeit ridiculous use of skills) Will said that this is one of the funniest and best seesions he has DMed in a while. Just remember one thing Folks. Don't try to be a Tumble weed without wind. It doesnt work out to anyone's favor.

Tumbling rogue almost tumbles to his death as a tumble weed.

lynxSnowCat

Sorry, but I did find one specific HW combination that ME played nice with: PentiumPro w/ 512k cache and 440FX chipset. When the high school I was providing techical services to (for schools credit) madated that all machines use the same OS, someone had the bright idea that going from windows 3.x and 95 to ME was a better idea than 98, since "98 is 95" they said. Because the machines were always bought year round as money became availble, we had the entire gambit from Intel 286's through Cyrix and AMD 486's, and every flavor of Pentium up to P3. Amazingly ME shat the bed on every machine except for that very specifc processor/chipset combination of PentiumPro 512k cache w/ 440FX chipset. At the time I figured that Microsoft had only done optimization/bugfixing on that specific combo, ~~and quietly installed Win95 w/ the correct drivers for each machine. Subsequently 'professionals' hired by the board blamed student based IT for the problems, and faked demonstrations to discredit us...~~ ^(going far off track here.) Subsequent argument/discussion at college also indicated that P2's w/512k cache and 440BX and exactly the "Reccommended" memory also were "good". I don't remember noting the memory at the time, but the [wikipedia.org - Windows ME : System requirements]( article does indicate that was designed to have less than 512MB by default, otherwise it would crash continually on startup; which is what I observed on all machines P2 and later at that high school. (+512 ~ 1024MB RAM) TLDR; Windows ME: I say it was worse than usless; except on very few specific HW combinations where it was brilliant enough to blind decision making assholes to its almost universal shittyness.

Sorry, but I did find one specific HW combination that ME played nice with: PentiumPro w/ 512k cache and 440FX chipset. When the high school I was providing techical services to (for schools credit) madated that all machines use the same OS, someone had the bright idea that going from windows 3.x and 95 to ME was a better idea than 98, since "98 is 95" they said. Because the machines were always bought year round as money became availble, we had the entire gambit from Intel 286's through Cyrix and AMD 486's, and every flavor of Pentium up to P3. Amazingly ME shat the bed on every machine except for that very specifc processor/chipset combination of PentiumPro 512k cache w/ 440FX chipset. At the time I figured that Microsoft had only done optimization/bugfixing on that specific combo, and quietly installed Win95 w/ the correct drivers for each machine. Subsequently 'professionals' hired by the board blamed student based IT for the problems, and faked demonstrations to discredit us... ^(going far off track here.) Subsequent argument/discussion at college also indicated that P2's w/512k cache and 440BX and exactly the "Reccommended" memory also were "good". I don't remember noting the memory at the time, but the wikipedia.org - Windows ME : System requirements TLDR; Windows ME: I say it was worse than usless; except on very few specific HW combinations where it was brilliant enough to blind decision making assholes to its almost universal shittyness.

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ce11ttf

Sorry, but I did find one specific HW combination that ME played nice with: PentiumPro w/ 512k cache and 440FX chipset. When the high school I was providing techical services to (for schools credit) madated that all machines use the same OS, someone had the bright idea that going from windows 3.x and 95 to ME was a better idea than 98, since "98 is 95" they said. Because the machines were always bought year round as money became availble, we had the entire gambit from Intel 286's through Cyrix and AMD 486's, and every flavor of Pentium up to P3. Amazingly ME shat the bed on every machine except for that very specifc processor/chipset combination of PentiumPro 512k cache w/ 440FX chipset. At the time I figured that Microsoft had only done optimization/bugfixing on that specific combo, and quietly installed Win95 w/ the correct drivers for each machine. Subsequently 'professionals' hired by the board blamed student based IT for the problems, and faked demonstrations to discredit us... ^(going far off track here.) Subsequent argument/discussion at college also indicated that P2's w/512k cache and 440BX and exactly the "Reccommended" memory also were "good". I don't remember noting the memory at the time, but the wikipedia.org - Windows ME : System requirements

Windows ME: I say it was worse than usless; except on very few specific HW combinations where it was brilliant enough to blind decision making assholes to its almost universal shittyness.

regularmoe

There have been a couple threads about this, so no, you aren't the only one. Here's my story, you may find it helpful: I ordered three items on 12/1, using Super Saver shipping (4-7 business days). Two items were shipping out of TN, one out of CA. The one from CA shipped the next day, and arrived as expected. On 12/4, Newegg sent me an email saying they were overwhelmed with the volume of orders they received on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, and that orders would be sent out ASAP. On 12/5, my order still hadn't shipped, so I contacted them just to see if they had a ballpark estimate. No luck, but they promised to send my order out with their fastest shipping. On 12/8, a week after ordering, I contacted them again to see what was going on. This time they told me there were weather delays that had closed their TN warehouse. The fact that they changed their story annoyed me, so I told them I was going to cancel my order if it didn't ship soon. Monday morning, less than 12 hours later, I received an email from Newegg saying my order had shipped. Great! ...Or so I thought. I waited a day or two, then went in and tried to track my shipment. All it said was, "Shipment information sent to FedEx." Sounds fishy, but whatever. It's just a GPU, I can wait. A couple more days roll around, and I contact Newegg again. 12/11. Same story. "Bad weather, warehouse closed, thank you for your patience." I press a bit, tell them I'm going to cancel my order, and finally get to talk to a supervisor. He tells me that my order did indeed ship on Monday, 12/8, but sometimes the tracking information doesn't update properly. He says he'll check in on it and send me an update. Okay. That night he sends me an email saying everything looks good, and my shipping information has updated! Finally! I track my package, and it says FedEx received my shipment Thursday at 1:30am, just a couple hours after I spoke with the CSR. Expected delivery date 12/17, sent Super Saver shipping. I'm not trying to be an impatient ass or anything, but it really felt like Newegg was just leading me on. Or maybe I just have poor timing. You be the judge. TL;DR: Newegg told me my order was delayed due to a high volume of orders. Then due to the weather. Then they told me my order had shipped, but FedEx says they didn't receive it until four days later.

There have been a couple threads about this, so no, you aren't the only one. Here's my story, you may find it helpful: I ordered three items on 12/1, using Super Saver shipping (4-7 business days). Two items were shipping out of TN, one out of CA. The one from CA shipped the next day, and arrived as expected. On 12/4, Newegg sent me an email saying they were overwhelmed with the volume of orders they received on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, and that orders would be sent out ASAP. On 12/5, my order still hadn't shipped, so I contacted them just to see if they had a ballpark estimate. No luck, but they promised to send my order out with their fastest shipping. On 12/8, a week after ordering, I contacted them again to see what was going on. This time they told me there were weather delays that had closed their TN warehouse. The fact that they changed their story annoyed me, so I told them I was going to cancel my order if it didn't ship soon. Monday morning, less than 12 hours later, I received an email from Newegg saying my order had shipped. Great! ...Or so I thought. I waited a day or two, then went in and tried to track my shipment. All it said was, "Shipment information sent to FedEx." Sounds fishy, but whatever. It's just a GPU, I can wait. A couple more days roll around, and I contact Newegg again. 12/11. Same story. "Bad weather, warehouse closed, thank you for your patience." I press a bit, tell them I'm going to cancel my order, and finally get to talk to a supervisor. He tells me that my order did indeed ship on Monday, 12/8, but sometimes the tracking information doesn't update properly. He says he'll check in on it and send me an update. Okay. That night he sends me an email saying everything looks good, and my shipping information has updated! Finally! I track my package, and it says FedEx received my shipment Thursday at 1:30am, just a couple hours after I spoke with the CSR. Expected delivery date 12/17, sent Super Saver shipping. I'm not trying to be an impatient ass or anything, but it really felt like Newegg was just leading me on. Or maybe I just have poor timing. You be the judge. TL;DR: Newegg told me my order was delayed due to a high volume of orders. Then due to the weather. Then they told me my order had shipped, but FedEx says they didn't receive it until four days later.

buildapc

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ce0sy5r

There have been a couple threads about this, so no, you aren't the only one. Here's my story, you may find it helpful: I ordered three items on 12/1, using Super Saver shipping (4-7 business days). Two items were shipping out of TN, one out of CA. The one from CA shipped the next day, and arrived as expected. On 12/4, Newegg sent me an email saying they were overwhelmed with the volume of orders they received on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, and that orders would be sent out ASAP. On 12/5, my order still hadn't shipped, so I contacted them just to see if they had a ballpark estimate. No luck, but they promised to send my order out with their fastest shipping. On 12/8, a week after ordering, I contacted them again to see what was going on. This time they told me there were weather delays that had closed their TN warehouse. The fact that they changed their story annoyed me, so I told them I was going to cancel my order if it didn't ship soon. Monday morning, less than 12 hours later, I received an email from Newegg saying my order had shipped. Great! ...Or so I thought. I waited a day or two, then went in and tried to track my shipment. All it said was, "Shipment information sent to FedEx." Sounds fishy, but whatever. It's just a GPU, I can wait. A couple more days roll around, and I contact Newegg again. 12/11. Same story. "Bad weather, warehouse closed, thank you for your patience." I press a bit, tell them I'm going to cancel my order, and finally get to talk to a supervisor. He tells me that my order did indeed ship on Monday, 12/8, but sometimes the tracking information doesn't update properly. He says he'll check in on it and send me an update. Okay. That night he sends me an email saying everything looks good, and my shipping information has updated! Finally! I track my package, and it says FedEx received my shipment Thursday at 1:30am, just a couple hours after I spoke with the CSR. Expected delivery date 12/17, sent Super Saver shipping. I'm not trying to be an impatient ass or anything, but it really felt like Newegg was just leading me on. Or maybe I just have poor timing. You be the judge.

Newegg told me my order was delayed due to a high volume of orders. Then due to the weather. Then they told me my order had shipped, but FedEx says they didn't receive it until four days later.

Megneous

Eeeeh. The Korean language component is pretty easy in terms of grammar (about TOPIK level 4), but the topics you discuss are not things that you would really think are useful for daily life in Korea. For example, I can explain now, in Korean, all the pieces and parts of the old Korean ondol heating system. 아궁이, 부넘기, 구들장, 굴뚝. These are not words you'll ever need for daily life outside of pre-industrialized Korea, but you learn them and how they all worked. Some topics are more useful than others, like the Korean aging problem with so many elderly, how insurance works in Korea, traditional funeral and marriage rites, but I'd say the topics are 50/50 useful/annoyingly archaic. I can also describe in detail all the things Koreans claim King Sejeong created other than hangeul and give a breakdown of the famous products from various parts of Korea :D That being said, this is Korea! Part of being Korean is understanding that annoying stuff will come up like that! I think the construction of the course tells you more about Korean culture than the topics you talk about though. It gives a good look at what Koreans think are their country's strong and weak points, which is really useful for understanding how Koreans view Korea. **tl;dr** Sometimes useful, sometimes not so much. Still a good opportunity though in my humble opinion.

Eeeeh. The Korean language component is pretty easy in terms of grammar (about TOPIK level 4), but the topics you discuss are not things that you would really think are useful for daily life in Korea. For example, I can explain now, in Korean, all the pieces and parts of the old Korean ondol heating system. 아궁이, 부넘기, 구들장, 굴뚝. These are not words you'll ever need for daily life outside of pre-industrialized Korea, but you learn them and how they all worked. Some topics are more useful than others, like the Korean aging problem with so many elderly, how insurance works in Korea, traditional funeral and marriage rites, but I'd say the topics are 50/50 useful/annoyingly archaic. I can also describe in detail all the things Koreans claim King Sejeong created other than hangeul and give a breakdown of the famous products from various parts of Korea :D That being said, this is Korea! Part of being Korean is understanding that annoying stuff will come up like that! I think the construction of the course tells you more about Korean culture than the topics you talk about though. It gives a good look at what Koreans think are their country's strong and weak points, which is really useful for understanding how Koreans view Korea. tl;dr Sometimes useful, sometimes not so much. Still a good opportunity though in my humble opinion.

korea

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ce0l5fh

Eeeeh. The Korean language component is pretty easy in terms of grammar (about TOPIK level 4), but the topics you discuss are not things that you would really think are useful for daily life in Korea. For example, I can explain now, in Korean, all the pieces and parts of the old Korean ondol heating system. 아궁이, 부넘기, 구들장, 굴뚝. These are not words you'll ever need for daily life outside of pre-industrialized Korea, but you learn them and how they all worked. Some topics are more useful than others, like the Korean aging problem with so many elderly, how insurance works in Korea, traditional funeral and marriage rites, but I'd say the topics are 50/50 useful/annoyingly archaic. I can also describe in detail all the things Koreans claim King Sejeong created other than hangeul and give a breakdown of the famous products from various parts of Korea :D That being said, this is Korea! Part of being Korean is understanding that annoying stuff will come up like that! I think the construction of the course tells you more about Korean culture than the topics you talk about though. It gives a good look at what Koreans think are their country's strong and weak points, which is really useful for understanding how Koreans view Korea.

Sometimes useful, sometimes not so much. Still a good opportunity though in my humble opinion.

mindhawk

It's not as bad as you think. You're living an interesting life, what can I say. I don't see any reason to feel dirty about this at all. No one rubbed shit all over your face, now that's dirty. Permanent physical harm was not done. This mom/son thing goes way back in human history, every guy deals with it in one way or another, your way just happens to be really intense and well yeah, pretty weird as things go. But like the buddha said or something like it, go bring me a sesame seed from a house from nothing wierdly disturbingly fucked up has happened to them, and I will heal you by magic. So you wander the streets and people just tell you stories about their fucked up shit and you go back to the buddha and say, wow, reality is fucked up. Your mom was ill, all adult-child sexuality is ill, sick in the head, something is broken, the elevator isn't going to the top, stuff. It's a great mystery and one day we'll solve it but primarily you need to not perpetuate this, which is a danger. A lot of people being bad to kids were treated badly as kids, this is a reality we must face. Don't blow this out of proportion and make a bigger story about it than it is. Fucked up shit happens, just don't you be generating it ok? If you ever feel you may be at risk of generating it, perpetuating it, please come back to us and tell us about it rather than isolating yourself further. Stay well man. Don't be ruled by fear and the past. You are at the helm of your own destiny and are in no way ruled or defined by this. tl:dr I am not an expert, fucked up shit happens but the damage done is relatively not that bad and can be recovered from with basic steps of mental health and sanity and good vibes and a greater appreciation for the need to protect children from the fucked up parts of the world. I als believe we should always try to understand our parents no matter how monstrous their actions seem, like robots might examine models with similar serial numbers.

It's not as bad as you think. You're living an interesting life, what can I say. I don't see any reason to feel dirty about this at all. No one rubbed shit all over your face, now that's dirty. Permanent physical harm was not done. This mom/son thing goes way back in human history, every guy deals with it in one way or another, your way just happens to be really intense and well yeah, pretty weird as things go. But like the buddha said or something like it, go bring me a sesame seed from a house from nothing wierdly disturbingly fucked up has happened to them, and I will heal you by magic. So you wander the streets and people just tell you stories about their fucked up shit and you go back to the buddha and say, wow, reality is fucked up. Your mom was ill, all adult-child sexuality is ill, sick in the head, something is broken, the elevator isn't going to the top, stuff. It's a great mystery and one day we'll solve it but primarily you need to not perpetuate this, which is a danger. A lot of people being bad to kids were treated badly as kids, this is a reality we must face. Don't blow this out of proportion and make a bigger story about it than it is. Fucked up shit happens, just don't you be generating it ok? If you ever feel you may be at risk of generating it, perpetuating it, please come back to us and tell us about it rather than isolating yourself further. Stay well man. Don't be ruled by fear and the past. You are at the helm of your own destiny and are in no way ruled or defined by this. tl:dr I am not an expert, fucked up shit happens but the damage done is relatively not that bad and can be recovered from with basic steps of mental health and sanity and good vibes and a greater appreciation for the need to protect children from the fucked up parts of the world. I als believe we should always try to understand our parents no matter how monstrous their actions seem, like robots might examine models with similar serial numbers.

MMFB

t5_2sjdn

ce0ojii

It's not as bad as you think. You're living an interesting life, what can I say. I don't see any reason to feel dirty about this at all. No one rubbed shit all over your face, now that's dirty. Permanent physical harm was not done. This mom/son thing goes way back in human history, every guy deals with it in one way or another, your way just happens to be really intense and well yeah, pretty weird as things go. But like the buddha said or something like it, go bring me a sesame seed from a house from nothing wierdly disturbingly fucked up has happened to them, and I will heal you by magic. So you wander the streets and people just tell you stories about their fucked up shit and you go back to the buddha and say, wow, reality is fucked up. Your mom was ill, all adult-child sexuality is ill, sick in the head, something is broken, the elevator isn't going to the top, stuff. It's a great mystery and one day we'll solve it but primarily you need to not perpetuate this, which is a danger. A lot of people being bad to kids were treated badly as kids, this is a reality we must face. Don't blow this out of proportion and make a bigger story about it than it is. Fucked up shit happens, just don't you be generating it ok? If you ever feel you may be at risk of generating it, perpetuating it, please come back to us and tell us about it rather than isolating yourself further. Stay well man. Don't be ruled by fear and the past. You are at the helm of your own destiny and are in no way ruled or defined by this.

I am not an expert, fucked up shit happens but the damage done is relatively not that bad and can be recovered from with basic steps of mental health and sanity and good vibes and a greater appreciation for the need to protect children from the fucked up parts of the world. I als believe we should always try to understand our parents no matter how monstrous their actions seem, like robots might examine models with similar serial numbers.

magialleaves

Not a teacher, but when I was in grade nine I had just come from private school into public school and I was such a square! I sat beside this girl in science class and she would take these little pink pills with a ? on them. I naively thought they were birth control pills. One day she asked me if I wanted one and I gave her a confused look, turns out it was ectasy. We ended up sitting in spanish together as well and she was having heart problems from all the drugs she was taking. The teacher heard us fighting because I wanted to call her an ambulence. The next day I get called into the principles office and get questioned about my "drug habit" for about 1.5 hours. She told them it was birth control and somehow got out of any trouble at all. She dropped out of school, got pregnant and moved away all before grade 10. Haven't heard from her since. TL/DR: Teacher heard me fighting with a girl who was taking MDMA in the middle of class, I get called into office for drug abuse.

Not a teacher, but when I was in grade nine I had just come from private school into public school and I was such a square! I sat beside this girl in science class and she would take these little pink pills with a ? on them. I naively thought they were birth control pills. One day she asked me if I wanted one and I gave her a confused look, turns out it was ectasy. We ended up sitting in spanish together as well and she was having heart problems from all the drugs she was taking. The teacher heard us fighting because I wanted to call her an ambulence. The next day I get called into the principles office and get questioned about my "drug habit" for about 1.5 hours. She told them it was birth control and somehow got out of any trouble at all. She dropped out of school, got pregnant and moved away all before grade 10. Haven't heard from her since. TL/DR: Teacher heard me fighting with a girl who was taking MDMA in the middle of class, I get called into office for drug abuse.

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ce0pihg

Not a teacher, but when I was in grade nine I had just come from private school into public school and I was such a square! I sat beside this girl in science class and she would take these little pink pills with a ? on them. I naively thought they were birth control pills. One day she asked me if I wanted one and I gave her a confused look, turns out it was ectasy. We ended up sitting in spanish together as well and she was having heart problems from all the drugs she was taking. The teacher heard us fighting because I wanted to call her an ambulence. The next day I get called into the principles office and get questioned about my "drug habit" for about 1.5 hours. She told them it was birth control and somehow got out of any trouble at all. She dropped out of school, got pregnant and moved away all before grade 10. Haven't heard from her since.

Teacher heard me fighting with a girl who was taking MDMA in the middle of class, I get called into office for drug abuse.

complex303

I work at a continuation-type school with at-risk students. They live on campus and are drug tested when they first arrive-I'd say about 30% test dirty. After a month they get drug tested again, and if they test dirty again they are terminated (kicked out). I've had a student tell me that he did meth over the weekend because he finally stopped drinking alcohol. Other students are quick to express their love for weed. Honestly, I don't care if they smoke weed. However, when students are high, they can't focus enough to write essays and they score horribly on tests. From talking to the students, many of them get high on the weekends, but swear they don't get high during the week. If I see bloodshot eyes, I usually ask the student about it. Sometimes they're self-medicating, and they need to talk to the school psychologist. As for the other drugs, I do care, but there isn't much I can do. I can only refer the student to get drug tested again--from which they get terminated. I hate doing that because they don't get an education or the help they need. Mostly, I talk it out with the student, and tell them, "make smart decisions." However, of all the students I heard were doing drugs (and there were MANY), only one has actually completed high school. Our graduation rate is only 20%, and that's awesome compared to similar schools. TL;DR I hear it all the time. I don't care if they get high, but I care about other drugs. Nothing I can do though..

I work at a continuation-type school with at-risk students. They live on campus and are drug tested when they first arrive-I'd say about 30% test dirty. After a month they get drug tested again, and if they test dirty again they are terminated (kicked out). I've had a student tell me that he did meth over the weekend because he finally stopped drinking alcohol. Other students are quick to express their love for weed. Honestly, I don't care if they smoke weed. However, when students are high, they can't focus enough to write essays and they score horribly on tests. From talking to the students, many of them get high on the weekends, but swear they don't get high during the week. If I see bloodshot eyes, I usually ask the student about it. Sometimes they're self-medicating, and they need to talk to the school psychologist. As for the other drugs, I do care, but there isn't much I can do. I can only refer the student to get drug tested again--from which they get terminated. I hate doing that because they don't get an education or the help they need. Mostly, I talk it out with the student, and tell them, "make smart decisions." However, of all the students I heard were doing drugs (and there were MANY), only one has actually completed high school. Our graduation rate is only 20%, and that's awesome compared to similar schools. TL;DR I hear it all the time. I don't care if they get high, but I care about other drugs. Nothing I can do though..

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ce0ugw7

I work at a continuation-type school with at-risk students. They live on campus and are drug tested when they first arrive-I'd say about 30% test dirty. After a month they get drug tested again, and if they test dirty again they are terminated (kicked out). I've had a student tell me that he did meth over the weekend because he finally stopped drinking alcohol. Other students are quick to express their love for weed. Honestly, I don't care if they smoke weed. However, when students are high, they can't focus enough to write essays and they score horribly on tests. From talking to the students, many of them get high on the weekends, but swear they don't get high during the week. If I see bloodshot eyes, I usually ask the student about it. Sometimes they're self-medicating, and they need to talk to the school psychologist. As for the other drugs, I do care, but there isn't much I can do. I can only refer the student to get drug tested again--from which they get terminated. I hate doing that because they don't get an education or the help they need. Mostly, I talk it out with the student, and tell them, "make smart decisions." However, of all the students I heard were doing drugs (and there were MANY), only one has actually completed high school. Our graduation rate is only 20%, and that's awesome compared to similar schools.

I hear it all the time. I don't care if they get high, but I care about other drugs. Nothing I can do though..

vadersaw

There was this guy in my high school who was clearly stoned day in and day out. He was in mostly remedial classes, skipped frequently, and was often in trouble. When we all took our SATs we started chatting about who got what. So and so got a 1520, 1370, or whatever. The stoner literally aced the test. Not sure where he went after high school, but we were all clearly impressed he was not an idiot. TL:DR - Cant really judge someone for smoking weed.

There was this guy in my high school who was clearly stoned day in and day out. He was in mostly remedial classes, skipped frequently, and was often in trouble. When we all took our SATs we started chatting about who got what. So and so got a 1520, 1370, or whatever. The stoner literally aced the test. Not sure where he went after high school, but we were all clearly impressed he was not an idiot. TL:DR - Cant really judge someone for smoking weed.

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ce0vrfu

There was this guy in my high school who was clearly stoned day in and day out. He was in mostly remedial classes, skipped frequently, and was often in trouble. When we all took our SATs we started chatting about who got what. So and so got a 1520, 1370, or whatever. The stoner literally aced the test. Not sure where he went after high school, but we were all clearly impressed he was not an idiot.

Cant really judge someone for smoking weed.

cranky_pants

I hear it often (as a preface, I am a very young teacher in a well-off neighborhood. My students are in 10th and 11th grade). They don't tell me directly, but I overhear them discussing sex, drugs and other unsavory things. If it gets to the point where I feel like I need to say something, I discreetly pull them aside and ask my students to discuss these issues elsewhere and let them know that I could clearly hear their conversation. Another weird thing is that many of them reach out to me on social media but their profiles openly discuss their drug use. They'll tweet me a question about their homework and then spout off some comment or reference to drugs in their next tweet. That makes me sad, more than anything, because there seems to be a disconnect between you and your social media accounts felt by this generation, which is inaccurate. TL;DR: Yes, and it makes me feel weird.

I hear it often (as a preface, I am a very young teacher in a well-off neighborhood. My students are in 10th and 11th grade). They don't tell me directly, but I overhear them discussing sex, drugs and other unsavory things. If it gets to the point where I feel like I need to say something, I discreetly pull them aside and ask my students to discuss these issues elsewhere and let them know that I could clearly hear their conversation. Another weird thing is that many of them reach out to me on social media but their profiles openly discuss their drug use. They'll tweet me a question about their homework and then spout off some comment or reference to drugs in their next tweet. That makes me sad, more than anything, because there seems to be a disconnect between you and your social media accounts felt by this generation, which is inaccurate. TL;DR: Yes, and it makes me feel weird.

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ce0zt0z

I hear it often (as a preface, I am a very young teacher in a well-off neighborhood. My students are in 10th and 11th grade). They don't tell me directly, but I overhear them discussing sex, drugs and other unsavory things. If it gets to the point where I feel like I need to say something, I discreetly pull them aside and ask my students to discuss these issues elsewhere and let them know that I could clearly hear their conversation. Another weird thing is that many of them reach out to me on social media but their profiles openly discuss their drug use. They'll tweet me a question about their homework and then spout off some comment or reference to drugs in their next tweet. That makes me sad, more than anything, because there seems to be a disconnect between you and your social media accounts felt by this generation, which is inaccurate.

Yes, and it makes me feel weird.

Dajbman22

Basically my mom did the cart-pushing and toy-grabbing while I sat in the toddler seat of the cart (luckily I was a smaller 4 year old and still fit in there). Also even in 1990 dollars, $500 is relatively not much, TL;DR despite filling 2 carts, we walked away with only 3 actual individual items.

Basically my mom did the cart-pushing and toy-grabbing while I sat in the toddler seat of the cart (luckily I was a smaller 4 year old and still fit in there). Also even in 1990 dollars, $500 is relatively not much, TL;DR despite filling 2 carts, we walked away with only 3 actual individual items.

nostalgia

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ce0y6l3

Basically my mom did the cart-pushing and toy-grabbing while I sat in the toddler seat of the cart (luckily I was a smaller 4 year old and still fit in there). Also even in 1990 dollars, $500 is relatively not much,

despite filling 2 carts, we walked away with only 3 actual individual items.

itsjusttoored

As someone with Apsergers/autism, I know how you feel. It's horrible feeling disconnected from everyone around you, unable to exert any sort of influence socially on the world around you. It's not nice. Alcohol is the easy way out, though. I'm 17. I can't legally drink freely for another year. I only started dealing with my social issues at around the age of 11. I was a bit of a wreck - I could only talk about certain subjects in a way that vaguely resembled normal conversation, and for some reason, never girls. They just seemed weird and scary. I wanted to get better at social interaction, though, I hated being cut off and pretty much alone. So, I found someone I admired (my friend's older brother) and started to watch what he did - how he acted, reacted, all that stuff. I started copying him, and then immersing myself in unfamiliar situations until I knew how to act in them fairly well. Once I started making more friends, I started to incorporate what they did, and combined that with my own sense of humour and ideas to create 'personalities' for socialising, in different situations. I looked up body language and started learning to use that, too. Sure, none of this is completely natural to me, but over time it becomes habit, generally. Some of it is hard to make natural, but if I consciously focus on what I do and how I present myself I find I can act pretty much normally in most situations. My friends were surprised when I revealed I was diagnosed with autism, not being able to tell, and I even got my first girlfriend earlier this year (although she cheated with my best friend...bitch). I'm still bad in random situations - I can't talk to the cashier in a certain shop, or react properly if I'm suddenly forced into loud conversation (too shocked to formulate ideas and react properly) but I'm getting there. All of this is without alcohol. It's like living in a cell. Alcohol is a key you're given that opens the door for you, but you have to return after and the lock is harder to open every time. Learning as I did is a set of lockpicks - eventually I'm out there for good. Alcohol tastes crap anyways. Tl;Dr anecdote.

As someone with Apsergers/autism, I know how you feel. It's horrible feeling disconnected from everyone around you, unable to exert any sort of influence socially on the world around you. It's not nice. Alcohol is the easy way out, though. I'm 17. I can't legally drink freely for another year. I only started dealing with my social issues at around the age of 11. I was a bit of a wreck - I could only talk about certain subjects in a way that vaguely resembled normal conversation, and for some reason, never girls. They just seemed weird and scary. I wanted to get better at social interaction, though, I hated being cut off and pretty much alone. So, I found someone I admired (my friend's older brother) and started to watch what he did - how he acted, reacted, all that stuff. I started copying him, and then immersing myself in unfamiliar situations until I knew how to act in them fairly well. Once I started making more friends, I started to incorporate what they did, and combined that with my own sense of humour and ideas to create 'personalities' for socialising, in different situations. I looked up body language and started learning to use that, too. Sure, none of this is completely natural to me, but over time it becomes habit, generally. Some of it is hard to make natural, but if I consciously focus on what I do and how I present myself I find I can act pretty much normally in most situations. My friends were surprised when I revealed I was diagnosed with autism, not being able to tell, and I even got my first girlfriend earlier this year (although she cheated with my best friend...bitch). I'm still bad in random situations - I can't talk to the cashier in a certain shop, or react properly if I'm suddenly forced into loud conversation (too shocked to formulate ideas and react properly) but I'm getting there. All of this is without alcohol. It's like living in a cell. Alcohol is a key you're given that opens the door for you, but you have to return after and the lock is harder to open every time. Learning as I did is a set of lockpicks - eventually I'm out there for good. Alcohol tastes crap anyways. Tl;Dr anecdote.

changemyview

t5_2w2s8

ce1tbrr

As someone with Apsergers/autism, I know how you feel. It's horrible feeling disconnected from everyone around you, unable to exert any sort of influence socially on the world around you. It's not nice. Alcohol is the easy way out, though. I'm 17. I can't legally drink freely for another year. I only started dealing with my social issues at around the age of 11. I was a bit of a wreck - I could only talk about certain subjects in a way that vaguely resembled normal conversation, and for some reason, never girls. They just seemed weird and scary. I wanted to get better at social interaction, though, I hated being cut off and pretty much alone. So, I found someone I admired (my friend's older brother) and started to watch what he did - how he acted, reacted, all that stuff. I started copying him, and then immersing myself in unfamiliar situations until I knew how to act in them fairly well. Once I started making more friends, I started to incorporate what they did, and combined that with my own sense of humour and ideas to create 'personalities' for socialising, in different situations. I looked up body language and started learning to use that, too. Sure, none of this is completely natural to me, but over time it becomes habit, generally. Some of it is hard to make natural, but if I consciously focus on what I do and how I present myself I find I can act pretty much normally in most situations. My friends were surprised when I revealed I was diagnosed with autism, not being able to tell, and I even got my first girlfriend earlier this year (although she cheated with my best friend...bitch). I'm still bad in random situations - I can't talk to the cashier in a certain shop, or react properly if I'm suddenly forced into loud conversation (too shocked to formulate ideas and react properly) but I'm getting there. All of this is without alcohol. It's like living in a cell. Alcohol is a key you're given that opens the door for you, but you have to return after and the lock is harder to open every time. Learning as I did is a set of lockpicks - eventually I'm out there for good. Alcohol tastes crap anyways.

anecdote.

buriedinthyeyes

glad you asked. [this article]( from Roger Ebert's website does a better job at explaining it than i ever will. But here's my attempt: * women are underrepresented in film, both as [characters]( ) and as [laborers] ( * this is despite the fact that employing women in film makes [ACTUAL business sense]( , and the fact that women (along with immigrants and jews) were originally the pioneers of the filmmaking industry. * and despite the fact that a) films with female protagonists make money because b) men GO TO SEE THEM TOO. 43% of the audience for Frozen is male. 41% of the audience for hunger games is male too. people will see a good film regardless of who the protagonist is. the myth that teenage boys drive the box office is a lie. the myth that men are incapable of identifying with women is also a lie. * and despite the fact that women make up 50%ish of the population and any film that doesn't significantly demonstrate that is being unrealistic. Hollywood is working under decade-old, very deluded rules as to what works in terms of both gender portrayal and gender representation. it limits the amount of voices and stories that can be heard, and it promotes a damaging misrepresentation of reality. it is, in my opinion, one of the reasons why the studio system is slowly collapsing - because they're unwilling to move with the times, and would rather stick to formulas that worked 20 years ago than accept that things have changed. I'll leave it at that, and will add this quote from the Roger Ebert website article: &gt; Sunday December 8, 2013—a date which will live in righteousness—marked the third consecutive weekend that the top two movies have female protagonists. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is centered on Jennifer Lawrence's intrepid Katniss Everdeen. "Frozen," a Disney animation focused on two very different sisters, voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, co-directed by Jennifer Lee, who also wrote the screenplay. That's not all: "Philomena," co-starring Judi Dench and "The Book Thief," co-starring Sophie Nelisse, are all in the top ten. **TL;DR**: female-centered films make money, yet hollywood refuses to make more of them because of dusty misconceptions about movie-going audiences.

glad you asked. [this article]( from Roger Ebert's website does a better job at explaining it than i ever will. But here's my attempt: women are underrepresented in film, both as characters and as [laborers] ( this is despite the fact that employing women in film makes ACTUAL business sense were originally the pioneers of the filmmaking industry. and despite the fact that a) films with female protagonists make money because b) men GO TO SEE THEM TOO. 43% of the audience for Frozen is male. 41% of the audience for hunger games is male too. people will see a good film regardless of who the protagonist is. the myth that teenage boys drive the box office is a lie. the myth that men are incapable of identifying with women is also a lie. and despite the fact that women make up 50%ish of the population and any film that doesn't significantly demonstrate that is being unrealistic. Hollywood is working under decade-old, very deluded rules as to what works in terms of both gender portrayal and gender representation. it limits the amount of voices and stories that can be heard, and it promotes a damaging misrepresentation of reality. it is, in my opinion, one of the reasons why the studio system is slowly collapsing - because they're unwilling to move with the times, and would rather stick to formulas that worked 20 years ago than accept that things have changed. I'll leave it at that, and will add this quote from the Roger Ebert website article: > Sunday December 8, 2013—a date which will live in righteousness—marked the third consecutive weekend that the top two movies have female protagonists. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is centered on Jennifer Lawrence's intrepid Katniss Everdeen. "Frozen," a Disney animation focused on two very different sisters, voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, co-directed by Jennifer Lee, who also wrote the screenplay. That's not all: "Philomena," co-starring Judi Dench and "The Book Thief," co-starring Sophie Nelisse, are all in the top ten. TL;DR : female-centered films make money, yet hollywood refuses to make more of them because of dusty misconceptions about movie-going audiences.

Screenwriting

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ce1qz2h

glad you asked. [this article]( from Roger Ebert's website does a better job at explaining it than i ever will. But here's my attempt: women are underrepresented in film, both as characters and as [laborers] ( this is despite the fact that employing women in film makes ACTUAL business sense were originally the pioneers of the filmmaking industry. and despite the fact that a) films with female protagonists make money because b) men GO TO SEE THEM TOO. 43% of the audience for Frozen is male. 41% of the audience for hunger games is male too. people will see a good film regardless of who the protagonist is. the myth that teenage boys drive the box office is a lie. the myth that men are incapable of identifying with women is also a lie. and despite the fact that women make up 50%ish of the population and any film that doesn't significantly demonstrate that is being unrealistic. Hollywood is working under decade-old, very deluded rules as to what works in terms of both gender portrayal and gender representation. it limits the amount of voices and stories that can be heard, and it promotes a damaging misrepresentation of reality. it is, in my opinion, one of the reasons why the studio system is slowly collapsing - because they're unwilling to move with the times, and would rather stick to formulas that worked 20 years ago than accept that things have changed. I'll leave it at that, and will add this quote from the Roger Ebert website article: > Sunday December 8, 2013—a date which will live in righteousness—marked the third consecutive weekend that the top two movies have female protagonists. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" is centered on Jennifer Lawrence's intrepid Katniss Everdeen. "Frozen," a Disney animation focused on two very different sisters, voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, co-directed by Jennifer Lee, who also wrote the screenplay. That's not all: "Philomena," co-starring Judi Dench and "The Book Thief," co-starring Sophie Nelisse, are all in the top ten.

female-centered films make money, yet hollywood refuses to make more of them because of dusty misconceptions about movie-going audiences.

nothing_cleverr

My dear college friend got completely annihilated this weekend and passed out at my house. Apparently he was so blacked out that he would wake up for like five minutes and roam my house trying to get into my roommates rooms and sleep because he thought he was in his dorm room. So the last time he woke up he shot up and promptly went into my room to sleep, I checked in on him the first time and he was struggling to take his socks off so I closed the door since I knew he was okay. Fast forward to literally 5 minutes later, I open the door again to make sure he is okay and he is completely naked curled up on my computer desk sleeping, I was so exhausted at this point I said screw it and slept on the couch. Fast forward now to 8 in the morning and I get awoken abruptly by my friend who came bargaining out of my room in his underwear yelling "F***!" Apparently he forgot where he was in his drunken haze, after filling him in on the night we laughed it off. Great times. Anyway that doesn't sound as funny writing it out as it was to witness it so this has to be a "you had to be there story." TL;DR- My friend got wasted and slept in my bed naked

My dear college friend got completely annihilated this weekend and passed out at my house. Apparently he was so blacked out that he would wake up for like five minutes and roam my house trying to get into my roommates rooms and sleep because he thought he was in his dorm room. So the last time he woke up he shot up and promptly went into my room to sleep, I checked in on him the first time and he was struggling to take his socks off so I closed the door since I knew he was okay. Fast forward to literally 5 minutes later, I open the door again to make sure he is okay and he is completely naked curled up on my computer desk sleeping, I was so exhausted at this point I said screw it and slept on the couch. Fast forward now to 8 in the morning and I get awoken abruptly by my friend who came bargaining out of my room in his underwear yelling "F***!" Apparently he forgot where he was in his drunken haze, after filling him in on the night we laughed it off. Great times. Anyway that doesn't sound as funny writing it out as it was to witness it so this has to be a "you had to be there story." TL;DR- My friend got wasted and slept in my bed naked

AskReddit

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ce13kir

My dear college friend got completely annihilated this weekend and passed out at my house. Apparently he was so blacked out that he would wake up for like five minutes and roam my house trying to get into my roommates rooms and sleep because he thought he was in his dorm room. So the last time he woke up he shot up and promptly went into my room to sleep, I checked in on him the first time and he was struggling to take his socks off so I closed the door since I knew he was okay. Fast forward to literally 5 minutes later, I open the door again to make sure he is okay and he is completely naked curled up on my computer desk sleeping, I was so exhausted at this point I said screw it and slept on the couch. Fast forward now to 8 in the morning and I get awoken abruptly by my friend who came bargaining out of my room in his underwear yelling "F***!" Apparently he forgot where he was in his drunken haze, after filling him in on the night we laughed it off. Great times. Anyway that doesn't sound as funny writing it out as it was to witness it so this has to be a "you had to be there story."

My friend got wasted and slept in my bed naked

meanttolive

It's gross that people are making MILF jokes when your mother raped multiple children. If joking about it is your way of dealing, that's fine, it just comes across as insensitive when commenters may not be aware of how exactly this affected you and whether or not you're still dealing with the repercussions. TL;DR: glad you were never molested, so sorry to hear other people you knew were, I hope she never has the opportunity to harm a child again.

It's gross that people are making MILF jokes when your mother raped multiple children. If joking about it is your way of dealing, that's fine, it just comes across as insensitive when commenters may not be aware of how exactly this affected you and whether or not you're still dealing with the repercussions. TL;DR: glad you were never molested, so sorry to hear other people you knew were, I hope she never has the opportunity to harm a child again.

casualiama

t5_2sxwp

ce1mb56

It's gross that people are making MILF jokes when your mother raped multiple children. If joking about it is your way of dealing, that's fine, it just comes across as insensitive when commenters may not be aware of how exactly this affected you and whether or not you're still dealing with the repercussions.

glad you were never molested, so sorry to hear other people you knew were, I hope she never has the opportunity to harm a child again.

OranJ1zz

First Impression as usual on my posts: The Calypso 3 (Caly3) is an awesome knife. In terms of fit and finish it is pretty spectacular, the lockface and blade tang are polished. This means by depressing the back lock (this is a mid lockback knife) the blade swings freeely down. I have not seen this in any lockback other than some huge cold steel ones where the weight of the blade dictates that. It's awesome and surprising. The handle is beautiful carbon fibre, the real stuff this time unlike the Taiwanese Spydies. I', not knocking the g10/cf I love it as well and it feels great but something about the real CF is classy and appealing. This relates well to ergos of the knife, the cf is smooth and not textured like the Sage 1 or G10, however it is not glossy. The best way to describe it is that it feels like bead blasted steel thats warm to the touch. I really like it but it offers little traction. However this is where the curves and the jimping of the knife really shine. The elegant curves really offer great affordance in hand and it's simply a joy to hold (penis joke here). The jimping on the blade is perfectly cut and sharp similar to the jimping in the Paramilitary 2. I have not done much cutting with it yet but from experience the full flat ground leaf blade is an impressive cutter. The ZDP189/420J2 san mai blade is not only impressive looking with its modern hamon but is also finly polished making the blade shiny. Two downsides here, the blade is a fingerprint MAGNET and the 420j2 while tough shows scratches easily especially around the tang. Still these qualms are minor. One thing I hated was the fact that the grind was uneven, on the left there is a PERFECT bevel but on the right it is thin and inconsistant. All of my Seki Spydies seem to suffer from this. On the flip side it is ridiculously sharp out of box. In my opinion this is a Spyderco Knife in its purist from. Sal's signature proudly rides on the left hand side of the blade and for good reason. TL;DR It's great.

First Impression as usual on my posts: The Calypso 3 (Caly3) is an awesome knife. In terms of fit and finish it is pretty spectacular, the lockface and blade tang are polished. This means by depressing the back lock (this is a mid lockback knife) the blade swings freeely down. I have not seen this in any lockback other than some huge cold steel ones where the weight of the blade dictates that. It's awesome and surprising. The handle is beautiful carbon fibre, the real stuff this time unlike the Taiwanese Spydies. I', not knocking the g10/cf I love it as well and it feels great but something about the real CF is classy and appealing. This relates well to ergos of the knife, the cf is smooth and not textured like the Sage 1 or G10, however it is not glossy. The best way to describe it is that it feels like bead blasted steel thats warm to the touch. I really like it but it offers little traction. However this is where the curves and the jimping of the knife really shine. The elegant curves really offer great affordance in hand and it's simply a joy to hold (penis joke here). The jimping on the blade is perfectly cut and sharp similar to the jimping in the Paramilitary 2. I have not done much cutting with it yet but from experience the full flat ground leaf blade is an impressive cutter. The ZDP189/420J2 san mai blade is not only impressive looking with its modern hamon but is also finly polished making the blade shiny. Two downsides here, the blade is a fingerprint MAGNET and the 420j2 while tough shows scratches easily especially around the tang. Still these qualms are minor. One thing I hated was the fact that the grind was uneven, on the left there is a PERFECT bevel but on the right it is thin and inconsistant. All of my Seki Spydies seem to suffer from this. On the flip side it is ridiculously sharp out of box. In my opinion this is a Spyderco Knife in its purist from. Sal's signature proudly rides on the left hand side of the blade and for good reason. TL;DR It's great.

knifeclub

t5_2ulfn

ce194yi

First Impression as usual on my posts: The Calypso 3 (Caly3) is an awesome knife. In terms of fit and finish it is pretty spectacular, the lockface and blade tang are polished. This means by depressing the back lock (this is a mid lockback knife) the blade swings freeely down. I have not seen this in any lockback other than some huge cold steel ones where the weight of the blade dictates that. It's awesome and surprising. The handle is beautiful carbon fibre, the real stuff this time unlike the Taiwanese Spydies. I', not knocking the g10/cf I love it as well and it feels great but something about the real CF is classy and appealing. This relates well to ergos of the knife, the cf is smooth and not textured like the Sage 1 or G10, however it is not glossy. The best way to describe it is that it feels like bead blasted steel thats warm to the touch. I really like it but it offers little traction. However this is where the curves and the jimping of the knife really shine. The elegant curves really offer great affordance in hand and it's simply a joy to hold (penis joke here). The jimping on the blade is perfectly cut and sharp similar to the jimping in the Paramilitary 2. I have not done much cutting with it yet but from experience the full flat ground leaf blade is an impressive cutter. The ZDP189/420J2 san mai blade is not only impressive looking with its modern hamon but is also finly polished making the blade shiny. Two downsides here, the blade is a fingerprint MAGNET and the 420j2 while tough shows scratches easily especially around the tang. Still these qualms are minor. One thing I hated was the fact that the grind was uneven, on the left there is a PERFECT bevel but on the right it is thin and inconsistant. All of my Seki Spydies seem to suffer from this. On the flip side it is ridiculously sharp out of box. In my opinion this is a Spyderco Knife in its purist from. Sal's signature proudly rides on the left hand side of the blade and for good reason.

It's great.

ShibDib4

Whether you think it punishable or not, nothing will come of it for a few more years (if that). Government regulation and legislation has always been notoriously slow at properly addressing technological advances. Because we live in an era of unprecedented technological innovation, governed by arguably the largest bureaucracy in human history, expect this delay to be exponentially exacerbated. Silence from fed and state legislatures has left courts to address these new types of internet conflicts under traditional contract, copyright, trademark, or property law (original ownership). This has sufficed, more or less, up to now but will not remain viable in the future. These traditional areas of law will provide the bones of future internet legalities but it will soon be its own separate beast with more nuances than you can shake a stick at. Hell, maybe it's for the best. I don't even think that we can fathom what this tech will eventually become. We all got caught up with the hustle and bustle of the surplus of cat pictures flooding the international market (which, in fact, was the true cause of 2008's economic collapse). The term "cyber bullying", and its pertinent legislation in parts of America, Canada, and Europe, is a sign of things to come. It is a sign that politicians and judges are formally acknowledging the real-world *social* consequences of our online behavior. Cyber bullying is just the digital form of harassment or even stalking to a degree, what matters though is that it is now unique to the internet. In addition to terms like clickwrap agreements (those agree/disagree prompts concerning a company's terms and conditions of use and sale), cyber-bullying is a small part of what will become formal Internet Doctrine over the next twenty years. Expect it to be a wild ride, can't even imagine the cases and arguments that will come out of this. Get pumped. Tl;dr: legislation concerning internet and digital media conflicts is far behind the technology and its common public use due to the continental-drift-like speed of our outdated political system, old people, cat pictures, and Breaking Bad's lack of closure concerning Jesse.... Did he end up going to Alaska? HUH BITCH?! Also, I've been drinking. Sorry if you actually just read all of that.

Whether you think it punishable or not, nothing will come of it for a few more years (if that). Government regulation and legislation has always been notoriously slow at properly addressing technological advances. Because we live in an era of unprecedented technological innovation, governed by arguably the largest bureaucracy in human history, expect this delay to be exponentially exacerbated. Silence from fed and state legislatures has left courts to address these new types of internet conflicts under traditional contract, copyright, trademark, or property law (original ownership). This has sufficed, more or less, up to now but will not remain viable in the future. These traditional areas of law will provide the bones of future internet legalities but it will soon be its own separate beast with more nuances than you can shake a stick at. Hell, maybe it's for the best. I don't even think that we can fathom what this tech will eventually become. We all got caught up with the hustle and bustle of the surplus of cat pictures flooding the international market (which, in fact, was the true cause of 2008's economic collapse). The term "cyber bullying", and its pertinent legislation in parts of America, Canada, and Europe, is a sign of things to come. It is a sign that politicians and judges are formally acknowledging the real-world social consequences of our online behavior. Cyber bullying is just the digital form of harassment or even stalking to a degree, what matters though is that it is now unique to the internet. In addition to terms like clickwrap agreements (those agree/disagree prompts concerning a company's terms and conditions of use and sale), cyber-bullying is a small part of what will become formal Internet Doctrine over the next twenty years. Expect it to be a wild ride, can't even imagine the cases and arguments that will come out of this. Get pumped. Tl;dr: legislation concerning internet and digital media conflicts is far behind the technology and its common public use due to the continental-drift-like speed of our outdated political system, old people, cat pictures, and Breaking Bad's lack of closure concerning Jesse.... Did he end up going to Alaska? HUH BITCH?! Also, I've been drinking. Sorry if you actually just read all of that.

AdviceAnimals

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ce1fofi

Whether you think it punishable or not, nothing will come of it for a few more years (if that). Government regulation and legislation has always been notoriously slow at properly addressing technological advances. Because we live in an era of unprecedented technological innovation, governed by arguably the largest bureaucracy in human history, expect this delay to be exponentially exacerbated. Silence from fed and state legislatures has left courts to address these new types of internet conflicts under traditional contract, copyright, trademark, or property law (original ownership). This has sufficed, more or less, up to now but will not remain viable in the future. These traditional areas of law will provide the bones of future internet legalities but it will soon be its own separate beast with more nuances than you can shake a stick at. Hell, maybe it's for the best. I don't even think that we can fathom what this tech will eventually become. We all got caught up with the hustle and bustle of the surplus of cat pictures flooding the international market (which, in fact, was the true cause of 2008's economic collapse). The term "cyber bullying", and its pertinent legislation in parts of America, Canada, and Europe, is a sign of things to come. It is a sign that politicians and judges are formally acknowledging the real-world social consequences of our online behavior. Cyber bullying is just the digital form of harassment or even stalking to a degree, what matters though is that it is now unique to the internet. In addition to terms like clickwrap agreements (those agree/disagree prompts concerning a company's terms and conditions of use and sale), cyber-bullying is a small part of what will become formal Internet Doctrine over the next twenty years. Expect it to be a wild ride, can't even imagine the cases and arguments that will come out of this. Get pumped.

legislation concerning internet and digital media conflicts is far behind the technology and its common public use due to the continental-drift-like speed of our outdated political system, old people, cat pictures, and Breaking Bad's lack of closure concerning Jesse.... Did he end up going to Alaska? HUH BITCH?! Also, I've been drinking. Sorry if you actually just read all of that.

AnalBenevolence

Much as it is hard to tell, judging from the roads, buildings, bridge and waterfall in the foreground, that larger body is no more than 100km away, and not more than 60km across (and it certainly looks much less, say 20), making it at most a fiftieth of Moon's diameter, and thus (assuming rocky composition) less than a hundred-thousandth of Moon's mass. TLDR; celestial bodies are fucking huge

Much as it is hard to tell, judging from the roads, buildings, bridge and waterfall in the foreground, that larger body is no more than 100km away, and not more than 60km across (and it certainly looks much less, say 20), making it at most a fiftieth of Moon's diameter, and thus (assuming rocky composition) less than a hundred-thousandth of Moon's mass. TLDR; celestial bodies are fucking huge

pics

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ce1pf5s

Much as it is hard to tell, judging from the roads, buildings, bridge and waterfall in the foreground, that larger body is no more than 100km away, and not more than 60km across (and it certainly looks much less, say 20), making it at most a fiftieth of Moon's diameter, and thus (assuming rocky composition) less than a hundred-thousandth of Moon's mass.

celestial bodies are fucking huge

mdeezed

I prefer to enjoy the M for what it is during whatever concert/festival/rave, and save the smoking for the end of the night once I've made it home. When I'm high on M, everything feels right and the way I dance is perfectly synchronized with the music. If I smoke while I'm still there, I begin to get somewhat self-conscious and start dancing off-beat. It just doesn't feel right. tl;dr I love both weed and M but prefer to enjoy each for what it is individually rather than mix them together. :)

I prefer to enjoy the M for what it is during whatever concert/festival/rave, and save the smoking for the end of the night once I've made it home. When I'm high on M, everything feels right and the way I dance is perfectly synchronized with the music. If I smoke while I'm still there, I begin to get somewhat self-conscious and start dancing off-beat. It just doesn't feel right. tl;dr I love both weed and M but prefer to enjoy each for what it is individually rather than mix them together. :)

MDMA

t5_2qwvg

ce7f1fm

I prefer to enjoy the M for what it is during whatever concert/festival/rave, and save the smoking for the end of the night once I've made it home. When I'm high on M, everything feels right and the way I dance is perfectly synchronized with the music. If I smoke while I'm still there, I begin to get somewhat self-conscious and start dancing off-beat. It just doesn't feel right.

I love both weed and M but prefer to enjoy each for what it is individually rather than mix them together. :)

maschinen

Are you really calling this racism? What's the racist part? Suggesting that asians are good with electronics or that they are "attracted" to rice? It's just a play on stereotype. I saw a post recently. Was an ad (fake or not) for Aquafresh, with the caption "Teeth so white they can't even dance". Now I'm white as they come. I'm no ballerina or anything, but I consider myself just slightly under average at moving around to sounds. I didn't even think the notion of calling it racist just because it's a stereotypical white thing to suck balls at dancing. Holy fuck people need to stop getting so offended or calling "racism" on stupid shit like this, especially on behalf of other races/genders/beliefs. And to your question (if I chose to accept that this is racism, which I don't): Yes, clearly "racism" is funny. A lot of standup comedians, especially those representing american minorities does comedy based on stereotypes of - usually their race. For example the persian comedian who said he was gonna get a tattoo to honor is heritage and ancestry, he was thinking of getting a plane slamming into a building on his back. Or Carlos Mencia ( which I generally find less funny). Suggested that latinos should make up most of the US special forces, because nobody is as good at crossing borders unnoticed like wetbacks. Funny or not, this is just examples I take out of memory, there is tons more. Clearly people find it funny, they even pay to be entertained by it. tl;dr stop calling stupid shit like this racism. It's a punch in the genitalias to people who deal with real racism/discrimination every day. And takes away gravity of the actual meaning of the word racism.

Are you really calling this racism? What's the racist part? Suggesting that asians are good with electronics or that they are "attracted" to rice? It's just a play on stereotype. I saw a post recently. Was an ad (fake or not) for Aquafresh, with the caption "Teeth so white they can't even dance". Now I'm white as they come. I'm no ballerina or anything, but I consider myself just slightly under average at moving around to sounds. I didn't even think the notion of calling it racist just because it's a stereotypical white thing to suck balls at dancing. Holy fuck people need to stop getting so offended or calling "racism" on stupid shit like this, especially on behalf of other races/genders/beliefs. And to your question (if I chose to accept that this is racism, which I don't): Yes, clearly "racism" is funny. A lot of standup comedians, especially those representing american minorities does comedy based on stereotypes of - usually their race. For example the persian comedian who said he was gonna get a tattoo to honor is heritage and ancestry, he was thinking of getting a plane slamming into a building on his back. Or Carlos Mencia ( which I generally find less funny). Suggested that latinos should make up most of the US special forces, because nobody is as good at crossing borders unnoticed like wetbacks. Funny or not, this is just examples I take out of memory, there is tons more. Clearly people find it funny, they even pay to be entertained by it. tl;dr stop calling stupid shit like this racism. It's a punch in the genitalias to people who deal with real racism/discrimination every day. And takes away gravity of the actual meaning of the word racism.

funny

t5_2qh33

ce26nse

Are you really calling this racism? What's the racist part? Suggesting that asians are good with electronics or that they are "attracted" to rice? It's just a play on stereotype. I saw a post recently. Was an ad (fake or not) for Aquafresh, with the caption "Teeth so white they can't even dance". Now I'm white as they come. I'm no ballerina or anything, but I consider myself just slightly under average at moving around to sounds. I didn't even think the notion of calling it racist just because it's a stereotypical white thing to suck balls at dancing. Holy fuck people need to stop getting so offended or calling "racism" on stupid shit like this, especially on behalf of other races/genders/beliefs. And to your question (if I chose to accept that this is racism, which I don't): Yes, clearly "racism" is funny. A lot of standup comedians, especially those representing american minorities does comedy based on stereotypes of - usually their race. For example the persian comedian who said he was gonna get a tattoo to honor is heritage and ancestry, he was thinking of getting a plane slamming into a building on his back. Or Carlos Mencia ( which I generally find less funny). Suggested that latinos should make up most of the US special forces, because nobody is as good at crossing borders unnoticed like wetbacks. Funny or not, this is just examples I take out of memory, there is tons more. Clearly people find it funny, they even pay to be entertained by it.

stop calling stupid shit like this racism. It's a punch in the genitalias to people who deal with real racism/discrimination every day. And takes away gravity of the actual meaning of the word racism.

TheOneInTheHat

Did you not read the chart comparison? You save $3.49 per year per bulb if you switch from incandescent to LED because of smaller power consumption and a longer life. Even more if you use CFL. Including the cost of the bulb, electricity: 50 incandescent bulbs = $583 per year. 50 LED bulbs = $408 per year. A savings of $174.50 a year. The cost of 50 new LED bulbs will be recuperated in savings after 8.5 years of never having to change a bulb. After that you will make saving $175 each year until the bulbs dies (up to 17 years later). **TL;DR:** You're paying $1500 anyways to operate incandescents, you will save in the long run if you invest more up front.

Did you not read the chart comparison? You save $3.49 per year per bulb if you switch from incandescent to LED because of smaller power consumption and a longer life. Even more if you use CFL. Including the cost of the bulb, electricity: 50 incandescent bulbs = $583 per year. 50 LED bulbs = $408 per year. A savings of $174.50 a year. The cost of 50 new LED bulbs will be recuperated in savings after 8.5 years of never having to change a bulb. After that you will make saving $175 each year until the bulbs dies (up to 17 years later). TL;DR: You're paying $1500 anyways to operate incandescents, you will save in the long run if you invest more up front.

canada

t5_2qh68

ce299m8

Did you not read the chart comparison? You save $3.49 per year per bulb if you switch from incandescent to LED because of smaller power consumption and a longer life. Even more if you use CFL. Including the cost of the bulb, electricity: 50 incandescent bulbs = $583 per year. 50 LED bulbs = $408 per year. A savings of $174.50 a year. The cost of 50 new LED bulbs will be recuperated in savings after 8.5 years of never having to change a bulb. After that you will make saving $175 each year until the bulbs dies (up to 17 years later).

You're paying $1500 anyways to operate incandescents, you will save in the long run if you invest more up front.

Blaust

**Staff Elementalist is just about the best WvW class.** You can tag enemies easily with your fire aoe abilities, and blast might so allies can kill faster as well. With staff's long range, your auto attacks, plus the 2 and 5 can hit enemies far up ontop of a wall, something not many classes can say they can do. You can heal with water(you might hear the commander say "WE NEED WATER FIELDS HERE") for either zerg fighting or for healing rams if they are taking heavy fire. Your water fields on a ram may keep it alive enough to bust down that door. With air, you can speed up yourself and the group, as well as throwing down a "static field" that stuns enemies running through it. This is huge for stopping stragglers running away so your group can kill them. Then earth... earth is like when everything else is on cooldown, and you just want to survive for a few seconds longer. Also there is a "do not pass wall" but that is generally only effective for bridges and doors. **tl:dr;** with Staff Elementalist, you will feel very useful with water and static fields, as well as getting rewarded for it with tons of bags from your fire aoe. It is a no brainer class.

Staff Elementalist is just about the best WvW class. You can tag enemies easily with your fire aoe abilities, and blast might so allies can kill faster as well. With staff's long range, your auto attacks, plus the 2 and 5 can hit enemies far up ontop of a wall, something not many classes can say they can do. You can heal with water(you might hear the commander say "WE NEED WATER FIELDS HERE") for either zerg fighting or for healing rams if they are taking heavy fire. Your water fields on a ram may keep it alive enough to bust down that door. With air, you can speed up yourself and the group, as well as throwing down a "static field" that stuns enemies running through it. This is huge for stopping stragglers running away so your group can kill them. Then earth... earth is like when everything else is on cooldown, and you just want to survive for a few seconds longer. Also there is a "do not pass wall" but that is generally only effective for bridges and doors. tl:dr; with Staff Elementalist, you will feel very useful with water and static fields, as well as getting rewarded for it with tons of bags from your fire aoe. It is a no brainer class.

Guildwars2

t5_2r9po

ce29zx0

Staff Elementalist is just about the best WvW class. You can tag enemies easily with your fire aoe abilities, and blast might so allies can kill faster as well. With staff's long range, your auto attacks, plus the 2 and 5 can hit enemies far up ontop of a wall, something not many classes can say they can do. You can heal with water(you might hear the commander say "WE NEED WATER FIELDS HERE") for either zerg fighting or for healing rams if they are taking heavy fire. Your water fields on a ram may keep it alive enough to bust down that door. With air, you can speed up yourself and the group, as well as throwing down a "static field" that stuns enemies running through it. This is huge for stopping stragglers running away so your group can kill them. Then earth... earth is like when everything else is on cooldown, and you just want to survive for a few seconds longer. Also there is a "do not pass wall" but that is generally only effective for bridges and doors.

with Staff Elementalist, you will feel very useful with water and static fields, as well as getting rewarded for it with tons of bags from your fire aoe. It is a no brainer class.

Partyandbulshit

BUT. You're asking for a buying guide. For the processor, you're gonna be looking at the two leading brands, AMD and Intel. For Intel you're gonna be focusing on the I3,I5,I7 series processors, looking at around 2.6-3.6gHZ(the higher the better). Now for the AMD processors you're mainly going to be looking at the A series processors, somewhere around 3.6ghz. The clock speeds are calculated differently so they can't be directly compared. But just to avoid any unnecessary technological information, tell yourself that they're about the same. AMD's kaptop processors aren't that good IMO but their desktop processors are GOD-LIKE. Now for the graphics card! Again, two choices: nVidia or AMD. For nVidia, look for something higher than the 500 series. Just for reference, high end gaming laptops have up to the 680 series graphic cards, and there's like roughly 15 different graphic cards inbetween those two figures. As for AMD you're going to be looking at the Radeon HD 6000 and above. Again, the higher the number the better. I personally am an AMD fanboy and would tell you to go with AMD everything, but that's me. Next you wanna look at RAM, also known as memory. You want anything above 4gb. And now you want to look at storage. Laptops now have the option of getting two hard drives, one being a SSD and the other a regular hard drive. SSD's are superior because they're very fast and they are very accident resistant. But they are expensive (getting cheaper) and they don't have that much storage capacity. You want at least 120gb for the SSD space. For the hard drive I would say anything higher than 500gb. Again, the bigger (the number) the better. Very good rule of thumb when it comes to computers. Finally you want to look at all the random other crap you might want. Eg speakers, microphone, webcam, random bundled software, CD Drive, ports, and all that stuff. Speakers don't natter too much...they only get so loud and still sound like butt. Mic and web cam is a must if you want to skype etc. Cd drive is optional, most software is digital now, CD's slowly becoming obsolete. Ports, you want USB 3.0, an HDMI port, a memory card reader, and VGA port. That's just about good enough. You just want more USB ports honestly. Well there you have it; a somewhat simplified buying guide. Tldr; read, ya lazy goof, you're gonna wanna know this crap when you find yourself in the same situation.

BUT. You're asking for a buying guide. For the processor, you're gonna be looking at the two leading brands, AMD and Intel. For Intel you're gonna be focusing on the I3,I5,I7 series processors, looking at around 2.6-3.6gHZ(the higher the better). Now for the AMD processors you're mainly going to be looking at the A series processors, somewhere around 3.6ghz. The clock speeds are calculated differently so they can't be directly compared. But just to avoid any unnecessary technological information, tell yourself that they're about the same. AMD's kaptop processors aren't that good IMO but their desktop processors are GOD-LIKE. Now for the graphics card! Again, two choices: nVidia or AMD. For nVidia, look for something higher than the 500 series. Just for reference, high end gaming laptops have up to the 680 series graphic cards, and there's like roughly 15 different graphic cards inbetween those two figures. As for AMD you're going to be looking at the Radeon HD 6000 and above. Again, the higher the number the better. I personally am an AMD fanboy and would tell you to go with AMD everything, but that's me. Next you wanna look at RAM, also known as memory. You want anything above 4gb. And now you want to look at storage. Laptops now have the option of getting two hard drives, one being a SSD and the other a regular hard drive. SSD's are superior because they're very fast and they are very accident resistant. But they are expensive (getting cheaper) and they don't have that much storage capacity. You want at least 120gb for the SSD space. For the hard drive I would say anything higher than 500gb. Again, the bigger (the number) the better. Very good rule of thumb when it comes to computers. Finally you want to look at all the random other crap you might want. Eg speakers, microphone, webcam, random bundled software, CD Drive, ports, and all that stuff. Speakers don't natter too much...they only get so loud and still sound like butt. Mic and web cam is a must if you want to skype etc. Cd drive is optional, most software is digital now, CD's slowly becoming obsolete. Ports, you want USB 3.0, an HDMI port, a memory card reader, and VGA port. That's just about good enough. You just want more USB ports honestly. Well there you have it; a somewhat simplified buying guide. Tldr; read, ya lazy goof, you're gonna wanna know this crap when you find yourself in the same situation.

IWantToLearn

t5_2rjo5

ce2sfjo

BUT. You're asking for a buying guide. For the processor, you're gonna be looking at the two leading brands, AMD and Intel. For Intel you're gonna be focusing on the I3,I5,I7 series processors, looking at around 2.6-3.6gHZ(the higher the better). Now for the AMD processors you're mainly going to be looking at the A series processors, somewhere around 3.6ghz. The clock speeds are calculated differently so they can't be directly compared. But just to avoid any unnecessary technological information, tell yourself that they're about the same. AMD's kaptop processors aren't that good IMO but their desktop processors are GOD-LIKE. Now for the graphics card! Again, two choices: nVidia or AMD. For nVidia, look for something higher than the 500 series. Just for reference, high end gaming laptops have up to the 680 series graphic cards, and there's like roughly 15 different graphic cards inbetween those two figures. As for AMD you're going to be looking at the Radeon HD 6000 and above. Again, the higher the number the better. I personally am an AMD fanboy and would tell you to go with AMD everything, but that's me. Next you wanna look at RAM, also known as memory. You want anything above 4gb. And now you want to look at storage. Laptops now have the option of getting two hard drives, one being a SSD and the other a regular hard drive. SSD's are superior because they're very fast and they are very accident resistant. But they are expensive (getting cheaper) and they don't have that much storage capacity. You want at least 120gb for the SSD space. For the hard drive I would say anything higher than 500gb. Again, the bigger (the number) the better. Very good rule of thumb when it comes to computers. Finally you want to look at all the random other crap you might want. Eg speakers, microphone, webcam, random bundled software, CD Drive, ports, and all that stuff. Speakers don't natter too much...they only get so loud and still sound like butt. Mic and web cam is a must if you want to skype etc. Cd drive is optional, most software is digital now, CD's slowly becoming obsolete. Ports, you want USB 3.0, an HDMI port, a memory card reader, and VGA port. That's just about good enough. You just want more USB ports honestly. Well there you have it; a somewhat simplified buying guide.

read, ya lazy goof, you're gonna wanna know this crap when you find yourself in the same situation.

z3r05pac3

The comparison of Ghengis Khan to Hitler is odious for many reasons. Firstly, Khan didn't commit racial genocide. Genocide is the act of targeting a race or people with the intent of eradication. Ghengis Khan conquered with the intent of uniting Mongolia and then the world, he did not seek out eradication or racial genocide. Did he kill a fuck ton of people? Yes, but then by such standard we might as well say that America or Russia genocided the Germans in WWII because they killed millions of them as well. Also keep in mind that well never really know how many people he killed in terms of proper numbers or if the relentlessly evil stories are true. In this case, much of the history surrounding Khan was written by the Chinese or Turkish people that he conquered. They were not going to have faltering things to say about him. Really, the fact that both Hitler and Ghengis were warlords who killed people is where the comparisons end. In just thirty years of conquest here are some things Ghengis Khan DID do: he abolished torture, drafted a legal constitution, created an empire of laws not rulers, guaranteed freedom of religion, replaced a hierarchy with a meritocracy, established trade routes responsible for many things modern such as pants and bowed instruments, Redistributed wealth to the poor, brought prosperity, and instituted female leadership. Mind you he did all of this having never had an education (it's probable he didn't even know how to read). Tl;DR: Yes, Ghengis Khan killed a lot of people to do this, but violent, merciless war was THE STANDARD in those days and he used his violence to essentially create the modern world while championing many of our standards for civil rights and benevolent rulership long before they were cool. Sorry if this is long or confusing I'm tired and on my cell phone. I suggest reading Ghengis khan: the making of the modern world. It's excellent.

The comparison of Ghengis Khan to Hitler is odious for many reasons. Firstly, Khan didn't commit racial genocide. Genocide is the act of targeting a race or people with the intent of eradication. Ghengis Khan conquered with the intent of uniting Mongolia and then the world, he did not seek out eradication or racial genocide. Did he kill a fuck ton of people? Yes, but then by such standard we might as well say that America or Russia genocided the Germans in WWII because they killed millions of them as well. Also keep in mind that well never really know how many people he killed in terms of proper numbers or if the relentlessly evil stories are true. In this case, much of the history surrounding Khan was written by the Chinese or Turkish people that he conquered. They were not going to have faltering things to say about him. Really, the fact that both Hitler and Ghengis were warlords who killed people is where the comparisons end. In just thirty years of conquest here are some things Ghengis Khan DID do: he abolished torture, drafted a legal constitution, created an empire of laws not rulers, guaranteed freedom of religion, replaced a hierarchy with a meritocracy, established trade routes responsible for many things modern such as pants and bowed instruments, Redistributed wealth to the poor, brought prosperity, and instituted female leadership. Mind you he did all of this having never had an education (it's probable he didn't even know how to read). Tl;DR: Yes, Ghengis Khan killed a lot of people to do this, but violent, merciless war was THE STANDARD in those days and he used his violence to essentially create the modern world while championing many of our standards for civil rights and benevolent rulership long before they were cool. Sorry if this is long or confusing I'm tired and on my cell phone. I suggest reading Ghengis khan: the making of the modern world. It's excellent.

AskReddit

t5_2qh1i

ce2xj83

The comparison of Ghengis Khan to Hitler is odious for many reasons. Firstly, Khan didn't commit racial genocide. Genocide is the act of targeting a race or people with the intent of eradication. Ghengis Khan conquered with the intent of uniting Mongolia and then the world, he did not seek out eradication or racial genocide. Did he kill a fuck ton of people? Yes, but then by such standard we might as well say that America or Russia genocided the Germans in WWII because they killed millions of them as well. Also keep in mind that well never really know how many people he killed in terms of proper numbers or if the relentlessly evil stories are true. In this case, much of the history surrounding Khan was written by the Chinese or Turkish people that he conquered. They were not going to have faltering things to say about him. Really, the fact that both Hitler and Ghengis were warlords who killed people is where the comparisons end. In just thirty years of conquest here are some things Ghengis Khan DID do: he abolished torture, drafted a legal constitution, created an empire of laws not rulers, guaranteed freedom of religion, replaced a hierarchy with a meritocracy, established trade routes responsible for many things modern such as pants and bowed instruments, Redistributed wealth to the poor, brought prosperity, and instituted female leadership. Mind you he did all of this having never had an education (it's probable he didn't even know how to read).

Yes, Ghengis Khan killed a lot of people to do this, but violent, merciless war was THE STANDARD in those days and he used his violence to essentially create the modern world while championing many of our standards for civil rights and benevolent rulership long before they were cool. Sorry if this is long or confusing I'm tired and on my cell phone. I suggest reading Ghengis khan: the making of the modern world. It's excellent.

Consulting_Troll

I also have a tumblr account and am even in fandoms but luckily, since I tend to follow graphic artists, most of them post strictly cool stuff like arts and show-related graphics (which are mostly above average if you follow the right folks) But recently I found that some of them seem to be closeted SJWs after they post their "critiques" on shows and films. I'm not saying that everyone who post negative reviews on shows they like have to be SJW (A close call I almost made on one but then I saw that the poster answered asks calmly and intelligently i.e. she welcomed those with opposed opinions and wanted to discuss it further while still respect their differences. Rare one there) I didn't unfollow those I suspect to be closeted SJWs to see how far they'll go and within the span of about three months they're pretty unrecognisable. Example, a few seconds ago, one of them just reblogged a text post that said "[sic] i didnt mean to become an angry feminist it just sort of happened because i looked out my window and woke the fuck up y’know". It's a shame, too, since their arts are pretty impressive. Simultaneously to Tumblr, I also have a Reddit account, and for a while that "Tumblr humour" e.g. Tumblr joke posts and such, started to seep through Reddit, I wonder if the news of SJW mentality has reached here so I search "Tumblr" on here et voila. **TL;DR - OP YOUR FLAIR IS LITERALLY RAPING ME AND ERASING MY IDENTITY AS THE WORLD'S 234512805TH VICTIM CHECK YOUR RANKING PRIVILEGE**

I also have a tumblr account and am even in fandoms but luckily, since I tend to follow graphic artists, most of them post strictly cool stuff like arts and show-related graphics (which are mostly above average if you follow the right folks) But recently I found that some of them seem to be closeted SJWs after they post their "critiques" on shows and films. I'm not saying that everyone who post negative reviews on shows they like have to be SJW (A close call I almost made on one but then I saw that the poster answered asks calmly and intelligently i.e. she welcomed those with opposed opinions and wanted to discuss it further while still respect their differences. Rare one there) I didn't unfollow those I suspect to be closeted SJWs to see how far they'll go and within the span of about three months they're pretty unrecognisable. Example, a few seconds ago, one of them just reblogged a text post that said "[sic] i didnt mean to become an angry feminist it just sort of happened because i looked out my window and woke the fuck up y’know". It's a shame, too, since their arts are pretty impressive. Simultaneously to Tumblr, I also have a Reddit account, and for a while that "Tumblr humour" e.g. Tumblr joke posts and such, started to seep through Reddit, I wonder if the news of SJW mentality has reached here so I search "Tumblr" on here et voila. TL;DR - OP YOUR FLAIR IS LITERALLY RAPING ME AND ERASING MY IDENTITY AS THE WORLD'S 234512805TH VICTIM CHECK YOUR RANKING PRIVILEGE

TumblrInAction

t5_2vizz

ce3s12m

I also have a tumblr account and am even in fandoms but luckily, since I tend to follow graphic artists, most of them post strictly cool stuff like arts and show-related graphics (which are mostly above average if you follow the right folks) But recently I found that some of them seem to be closeted SJWs after they post their "critiques" on shows and films. I'm not saying that everyone who post negative reviews on shows they like have to be SJW (A close call I almost made on one but then I saw that the poster answered asks calmly and intelligently i.e. she welcomed those with opposed opinions and wanted to discuss it further while still respect their differences. Rare one there) I didn't unfollow those I suspect to be closeted SJWs to see how far they'll go and within the span of about three months they're pretty unrecognisable. Example, a few seconds ago, one of them just reblogged a text post that said "[sic] i didnt mean to become an angry feminist it just sort of happened because i looked out my window and woke the fuck up y’know". It's a shame, too, since their arts are pretty impressive. Simultaneously to Tumblr, I also have a Reddit account, and for a while that "Tumblr humour" e.g. Tumblr joke posts and such, started to seep through Reddit, I wonder if the news of SJW mentality has reached here so I search "Tumblr" on here et voila.

OP YOUR FLAIR IS LITERALLY RAPING ME AND ERASING MY IDENTITY AS THE WORLD'S 234512805TH VICTIM CHECK YOUR RANKING PRIVILEGE

lothmak

what has changed? a bit, when you fight you get money for playing. Extra if you win, but some if you lose. You have PVP dailies and monthly achievements, some title rewards (and chests) and you get more rewards per battle that add up to your PVP collection. Since in PVP every gear has already the maximum stat available you'll be playing for your "look" anyway so gold shouldn't have been a requirement. Before the update, dedicated pvp players were forced to pve to get gold for their 'store gears' or gems. But now they can just keep battling and get some gold for it to use in their pvp collection or heck even for pve whenever they like and it doesn't feel like an obligation. The fun in pvp is the leaderboard and ranking system; you'll just want to be on top of the list and you actually feel progression when you battle since you have a rank and good statistics telling you the data for each profession you play on your account. TL;DR = PvP is fun now. Gold from matches, good ranking and technically faster gear collection.

what has changed? a bit, when you fight you get money for playing. Extra if you win, but some if you lose. You have PVP dailies and monthly achievements, some title rewards (and chests) and you get more rewards per battle that add up to your PVP collection. Since in PVP every gear has already the maximum stat available you'll be playing for your "look" anyway so gold shouldn't have been a requirement. Before the update, dedicated pvp players were forced to pve to get gold for their 'store gears' or gems. But now they can just keep battling and get some gold for it to use in their pvp collection or heck even for pve whenever they like and it doesn't feel like an obligation. The fun in pvp is the leaderboard and ranking system; you'll just want to be on top of the list and you actually feel progression when you battle since you have a rank and good statistics telling you the data for each profession you play on your account. TL;DR = PvP is fun now. Gold from matches, good ranking and technically faster gear collection.

Guildwars2

t5_2r9po

ce347vm

what has changed? a bit, when you fight you get money for playing. Extra if you win, but some if you lose. You have PVP dailies and monthly achievements, some title rewards (and chests) and you get more rewards per battle that add up to your PVP collection. Since in PVP every gear has already the maximum stat available you'll be playing for your "look" anyway so gold shouldn't have been a requirement. Before the update, dedicated pvp players were forced to pve to get gold for their 'store gears' or gems. But now they can just keep battling and get some gold for it to use in their pvp collection or heck even for pve whenever they like and it doesn't feel like an obligation. The fun in pvp is the leaderboard and ranking system; you'll just want to be on top of the list and you actually feel progression when you battle since you have a rank and good statistics telling you the data for each profession you play on your account.

PvP is fun now. Gold from matches, good ranking and technically faster gear collection.

Atheists_Are_Annoyin

A target date fund is perfect for a dummy. [VFIFX]( Vanguard's target date 2050 plan buys into four vanguard funds in varying percentages that start out risky (more exposure to stocks - more risky, traditionally higher returns) when you're younger and gets safer (more exposure to bonds, which are less volatile. less exposure to stocks) as you get older and approach retirement. Vanguard's Target Date funds also have very low expense ratios (&lt;0.20% annually). The alternative to this would be to buy the three or four funds (i.e. [Boglehead Three-Fund portfolio]( and pick your asset allocation (the percentage of your portfolio that you devote to each asset class) yourself. This gives you more control. You could eliminate the entire bond component of your portfolio early on if you wanted to take on more risk while you're young. You could hypothetically mirror the target date fund by buying the same four funds they hold in the same percentages (I think this is slightly cheaper than owning the target date fund, though probably not worth the effort). TLDR: A target date fund that you hold in your roth IRA and you regularly contribute to is the perfect way to build a safe, smart, low-cost, well diversified investment portfolio with minimal effort.

A target date fund is perfect for a dummy. VFIFX when you're younger and gets safer (more exposure to bonds, which are less volatile. less exposure to stocks) as you get older and approach retirement. Vanguard's Target Date funds also have very low expense ratios (<0.20% annually). The alternative to this would be to buy the three or four funds (i.e. Boglehead Three-Fund portfolio yourself. This gives you more control. You could eliminate the entire bond component of your portfolio early on if you wanted to take on more risk while you're young. You could hypothetically mirror the target date fund by buying the same four funds they hold in the same percentages (I think this is slightly cheaper than owning the target date fund, though probably not worth the effort). TLDR: A target date fund that you hold in your roth IRA and you regularly contribute to is the perfect way to build a safe, smart, low-cost, well diversified investment portfolio with minimal effort.

investing

t5_2qhhq

ce3dp6n

A target date fund is perfect for a dummy. VFIFX when you're younger and gets safer (more exposure to bonds, which are less volatile. less exposure to stocks) as you get older and approach retirement. Vanguard's Target Date funds also have very low expense ratios (<0.20% annually). The alternative to this would be to buy the three or four funds (i.e. Boglehead Three-Fund portfolio yourself. This gives you more control. You could eliminate the entire bond component of your portfolio early on if you wanted to take on more risk while you're young. You could hypothetically mirror the target date fund by buying the same four funds they hold in the same percentages (I think this is slightly cheaper than owning the target date fund, though probably not worth the effort).

A target date fund that you hold in your roth IRA and you regularly contribute to is the perfect way to build a safe, smart, low-cost, well diversified investment portfolio with minimal effort.

ShadowPlanet

My question would be "I have $10k, what do I do?" Little background: I'm 31, have a well paid job for the first time and managed to save up $10k in my first year of work. My job pays about $65k. No debts, no assets, no other income. I would say my risk tolerance is above average. I went to a bank and opened a savings account. I was devastated by the low interest they offered. So I read "Rich dad, poor dad" and "Richest man in Babylon". The books made a lot of sense to me and I decided to put my money to work instead of letting it rot on an account and lose value. However, I am financially illiterate. And I won't start to invest until I educate myself. I dig the concepts behind investing, but have no idea how to approach the details: How do I work with balance sheets, how do I grade a stock, how do I make a risk assessment, what about real estate, any other investment options that make sense? (Etc.) (TL:DR) Where do I start reading up on investing money? EDIT; I also live in a resident area near a newly booming business disctrict and think of using the money as a down payment for a property around here.

My question would be "I have $10k, what do I do?" Little background: I'm 31, have a well paid job for the first time and managed to save up $10k in my first year of work. My job pays about $65k. No debts, no assets, no other income. I would say my risk tolerance is above average. I went to a bank and opened a savings account. I was devastated by the low interest they offered. So I read "Rich dad, poor dad" and "Richest man in Babylon". The books made a lot of sense to me and I decided to put my money to work instead of letting it rot on an account and lose value. However, I am financially illiterate. And I won't start to invest until I educate myself. I dig the concepts behind investing, but have no idea how to approach the details: How do I work with balance sheets, how do I grade a stock, how do I make a risk assessment, what about real estate, any other investment options that make sense? (Etc.) (TL:DR) Where do I start reading up on investing money? EDIT; I also live in a resident area near a newly booming business disctrict and think of using the money as a down payment for a property around here.

investing

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ce33d9n

My question would be "I have $10k, what do I do?" Little background: I'm 31, have a well paid job for the first time and managed to save up $10k in my first year of work. My job pays about $65k. No debts, no assets, no other income. I would say my risk tolerance is above average. I went to a bank and opened a savings account. I was devastated by the low interest they offered. So I read "Rich dad, poor dad" and "Richest man in Babylon". The books made a lot of sense to me and I decided to put my money to work instead of letting it rot on an account and lose value. However, I am financially illiterate. And I won't start to invest until I educate myself. I dig the concepts behind investing, but have no idea how to approach the details: How do I work with balance sheets, how do I grade a stock, how do I make a risk assessment, what about real estate, any other investment options that make sense? (Etc.) (

Where do I start reading up on investing money? EDIT; I also live in a resident area near a newly booming business disctrict and think of using the money as a down payment for a property around here.

Yare_Owns

The C++ code gets compiled into a set of extremely simple instructions -almost like a recipe. These instructions will be things like "load the value at memory location 0001 and put it in register A", "put the constant 1000 in register B", "add registers A and B and put the result in C", "write the value in register C to the console". In written assembly, those instructions might appear like: load 0001 A; put 1000 B; add A B C; stdout C; The assembler will map a written command to a binary version that the CPU understands (you can even do this by hand if you have the CPU manual), and might appear like this: 0110 0001 0001 0000 0101 1000 0010 0000 1000 0001 0010 0011 1111 0011 0000 0000 When the CPU reads the first instruction, the bits "0110" activate the hardware path for the "load" command, and the rest of the first instruction are routed that way. The load command hardware treats the next 4 bits as a memory address to fetch from (0001 in this case), and the 4 bits after that refer to a register to load the result into (0001=A, 0002=B...). The final 4 bits are unused by the load command. After this command completes, the first 4 bits of the next instruction are tested and the instruction is routed to the hardware path that handles the "put" command, and so on. TL;DR; Every program is made up of sets of simple instructions. The CPU routes the instructions to the appropriate logic circuit based on a routing code in the instruction, and the logic circuit knows how to interpret the rest of the specialized bits in the instruction correctly. edit: To get from C++ to assembly is fairly complicated, but the general algorithm is that for each line of code, the compiler looks for the operator with highest precedence, and splits into two branches there. For each branch, it repeats this process until there are no more operators. It can now work backwards from those simple leaf nodes (two variables as children of a + operator for example) and spit out the assembly for that operation. The result can then be used to spit out the assembly for the parent operation, and its parent, until you have generated code for the entire line from the tree of operations. I'm sure there are endless ways to accomplish this, but this one is called a Parse Tree.

The C++ code gets compiled into a set of extremely simple instructions -almost like a recipe. These instructions will be things like "load the value at memory location 0001 and put it in register A", "put the constant 1000 in register B", "add registers A and B and put the result in C", "write the value in register C to the console". In written assembly, those instructions might appear like: load 0001 A; put 1000 B; add A B C; stdout C; The assembler will map a written command to a binary version that the CPU understands (you can even do this by hand if you have the CPU manual), and might appear like this: 0110 0001 0001 0000 0101 1000 0010 0000 1000 0001 0010 0011 1111 0011 0000 0000 When the CPU reads the first instruction, the bits "0110" activate the hardware path for the "load" command, and the rest of the first instruction are routed that way. The load command hardware treats the next 4 bits as a memory address to fetch from (0001 in this case), and the 4 bits after that refer to a register to load the result into (0001=A, 0002=B...). The final 4 bits are unused by the load command. After this command completes, the first 4 bits of the next instruction are tested and the instruction is routed to the hardware path that handles the "put" command, and so on. TL;DR; Every program is made up of sets of simple instructions. The CPU routes the instructions to the appropriate logic circuit based on a routing code in the instruction, and the logic circuit knows how to interpret the rest of the specialized bits in the instruction correctly. edit: To get from C++ to assembly is fairly complicated, but the general algorithm is that for each line of code, the compiler looks for the operator with highest precedence, and splits into two branches there. For each branch, it repeats this process until there are no more operators. It can now work backwards from those simple leaf nodes (two variables as children of a + operator for example) and spit out the assembly for that operation. The result can then be used to spit out the assembly for the parent operation, and its parent, until you have generated code for the entire line from the tree of operations. I'm sure there are endless ways to accomplish this, but this one is called a Parse Tree.

askscience

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ce37kvn

The C++ code gets compiled into a set of extremely simple instructions -almost like a recipe. These instructions will be things like "load the value at memory location 0001 and put it in register A", "put the constant 1000 in register B", "add registers A and B and put the result in C", "write the value in register C to the console". In written assembly, those instructions might appear like: load 0001 A; put 1000 B; add A B C; stdout C; The assembler will map a written command to a binary version that the CPU understands (you can even do this by hand if you have the CPU manual), and might appear like this: 0110 0001 0001 0000 0101 1000 0010 0000 1000 0001 0010 0011 1111 0011 0000 0000 When the CPU reads the first instruction, the bits "0110" activate the hardware path for the "load" command, and the rest of the first instruction are routed that way. The load command hardware treats the next 4 bits as a memory address to fetch from (0001 in this case), and the 4 bits after that refer to a register to load the result into (0001=A, 0002=B...). The final 4 bits are unused by the load command. After this command completes, the first 4 bits of the next instruction are tested and the instruction is routed to the hardware path that handles the "put" command, and so on.

Every program is made up of sets of simple instructions. The CPU routes the instructions to the appropriate logic circuit based on a routing code in the instruction, and the logic circuit knows how to interpret the rest of the specialized bits in the instruction correctly. edit: To get from C++ to assembly is fairly complicated, but the general algorithm is that for each line of code, the compiler looks for the operator with highest precedence, and splits into two branches there. For each branch, it repeats this process until there are no more operators. It can now work backwards from those simple leaf nodes (two variables as children of a + operator for example) and spit out the assembly for that operation. The result can then be used to spit out the assembly for the parent operation, and its parent, until you have generated code for the entire line from the tree of operations. I'm sure there are endless ways to accomplish this, but this one is called a Parse Tree.

turdBouillon

I don't think that living in one of the worlds most expensive cities is a right like some people seem to. My family isn't wealthy so they live in a place they can afford. We had a house and two cars, we had insurance and my father was able to put us through school. That's middle class. If you think it's acceptable to accept living at a lower standard than that as being middle-class then I'm of the opinion that you're the problem for letting yourself and your colleagues be exploited. I can not afford a home in San Francisco, I can not afford to raise a family in San Francisco, I am very barely middle-class in San Francisco. When it comes time to settle down and raise a family I'll leave and I won't blame all those evil civil servants and professors and BART attendants and their six figure incomes for driving me out. I don't have an innate right to live in San Francisco or Manhattan or Tokyo or Paris or Moscow. I chose to and I make sacrifices to do so. [Edit: There's no need to for hostility here, we probably agree more than either of us are willing to admit right now. We're both trying to make our points and I get admittedly heated over the current hostilities towards my profession. I and my brothers and sisters were raised on a third of my salary. I'm no silver spoon kid, I've worked hard. I also walk to work and live in an 83 square foot apartment you wouldn't wish on anybody. I'm just trying to save up for a rainy day because we have no job security. But fuck me for trying to make money and live places, right..? San Francisco is a ridiculous, beautiful and really deeply brutal place but it's been my adopted home for a long time and every person who tells me to leave because they're frustrated by it's faults and need a scapegoat really pisses me off.] TL;Dr: Fuck you! Let's be friends. :)

I don't think that living in one of the worlds most expensive cities is a right like some people seem to. My family isn't wealthy so they live in a place they can afford. We had a house and two cars, we had insurance and my father was able to put us through school. That's middle class. If you think it's acceptable to accept living at a lower standard than that as being middle-class then I'm of the opinion that you're the problem for letting yourself and your colleagues be exploited. I can not afford a home in San Francisco, I can not afford to raise a family in San Francisco, I am very barely middle-class in San Francisco. When it comes time to settle down and raise a family I'll leave and I won't blame all those evil civil servants and professors and BART attendants and their six figure incomes for driving me out. I don't have an innate right to live in San Francisco or Manhattan or Tokyo or Paris or Moscow. I chose to and I make sacrifices to do so. [Edit: There's no need to for hostility here, we probably agree more than either of us are willing to admit right now. We're both trying to make our points and I get admittedly heated over the current hostilities towards my profession. I and my brothers and sisters were raised on a third of my salary. I'm no silver spoon kid, I've worked hard. I also walk to work and live in an 83 square foot apartment you wouldn't wish on anybody. I'm just trying to save up for a rainy day because we have no job security. But fuck me for trying to make money and live places, right..? San Francisco is a ridiculous, beautiful and really deeply brutal place but it's been my adopted home for a long time and every person who tells me to leave because they're frustrated by it's faults and need a scapegoat really pisses me off.] TL;Dr: Fuck you! Let's be friends. :)

sanfrancisco

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ce3isr5

I don't think that living in one of the worlds most expensive cities is a right like some people seem to. My family isn't wealthy so they live in a place they can afford. We had a house and two cars, we had insurance and my father was able to put us through school. That's middle class. If you think it's acceptable to accept living at a lower standard than that as being middle-class then I'm of the opinion that you're the problem for letting yourself and your colleagues be exploited. I can not afford a home in San Francisco, I can not afford to raise a family in San Francisco, I am very barely middle-class in San Francisco. When it comes time to settle down and raise a family I'll leave and I won't blame all those evil civil servants and professors and BART attendants and their six figure incomes for driving me out. I don't have an innate right to live in San Francisco or Manhattan or Tokyo or Paris or Moscow. I chose to and I make sacrifices to do so. [Edit: There's no need to for hostility here, we probably agree more than either of us are willing to admit right now. We're both trying to make our points and I get admittedly heated over the current hostilities towards my profession. I and my brothers and sisters were raised on a third of my salary. I'm no silver spoon kid, I've worked hard. I also walk to work and live in an 83 square foot apartment you wouldn't wish on anybody. I'm just trying to save up for a rainy day because we have no job security. But fuck me for trying to make money and live places, right..? San Francisco is a ridiculous, beautiful and really deeply brutal place but it's been my adopted home for a long time and every person who tells me to leave because they're frustrated by it's faults and need a scapegoat really pisses me off.]

Fuck you! Let's be friends. :)

Turboboxer

I worked for a form printing business. It was going the way of the dinosaur as you can imagine as most of the forms they printed were quickly becoming PC/web based. My boss never really liked me. I had been a temp but I got hired because the plant manager noticed how much more work I was turning and how I was the person with the fewest mistakes going back halting production or waiting for art. I kept getting in trouble for my use of FB. Even if it was on my break or what not and he kept calling me in his office for it. I brought in a $20,000 check printing job on a Friday. I had worked with this account only a few days and it was the biggest "new" work that we had gotten in as long as I had been there. We had some vendors that had rolling orders that we never really stopped printing. Well, that day the plant manager and the production manager all gave me kudos and I had the biggest smile on my face thinking I was actually going to be appreciated some. End of the day comes and my boss calls me into the office again. I was thinking it was going to be a left handed compliment on getting the new print order. I was fired instead. I rolled with it. Place had dead rats all in the ceiling and in traps every where (rats love to make beds from shredded paper) because of this I landed a job through a friend of a friend that was a recruiter. It became my career and has made my life up to this point positive and possible. TL;DR Worked in rat infested printing job. Got fired the day I brought in a $20,000 job that was paid for upfront before going to print.

I worked for a form printing business. It was going the way of the dinosaur as you can imagine as most of the forms they printed were quickly becoming PC/web based. My boss never really liked me. I had been a temp but I got hired because the plant manager noticed how much more work I was turning and how I was the person with the fewest mistakes going back halting production or waiting for art. I kept getting in trouble for my use of FB. Even if it was on my break or what not and he kept calling me in his office for it. I brought in a $20,000 check printing job on a Friday. I had worked with this account only a few days and it was the biggest "new" work that we had gotten in as long as I had been there. We had some vendors that had rolling orders that we never really stopped printing. Well, that day the plant manager and the production manager all gave me kudos and I had the biggest smile on my face thinking I was actually going to be appreciated some. End of the day comes and my boss calls me into the office again. I was thinking it was going to be a left handed compliment on getting the new print order. I was fired instead. I rolled with it. Place had dead rats all in the ceiling and in traps every where (rats love to make beds from shredded paper) because of this I landed a job through a friend of a friend that was a recruiter. It became my career and has made my life up to this point positive and possible. TL;DR Worked in rat infested printing job. Got fired the day I brought in a $20,000 job that was paid for upfront before going to print.

AskReddit

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ce3dv86

I worked for a form printing business. It was going the way of the dinosaur as you can imagine as most of the forms they printed were quickly becoming PC/web based. My boss never really liked me. I had been a temp but I got hired because the plant manager noticed how much more work I was turning and how I was the person with the fewest mistakes going back halting production or waiting for art. I kept getting in trouble for my use of FB. Even if it was on my break or what not and he kept calling me in his office for it. I brought in a $20,000 check printing job on a Friday. I had worked with this account only a few days and it was the biggest "new" work that we had gotten in as long as I had been there. We had some vendors that had rolling orders that we never really stopped printing. Well, that day the plant manager and the production manager all gave me kudos and I had the biggest smile on my face thinking I was actually going to be appreciated some. End of the day comes and my boss calls me into the office again. I was thinking it was going to be a left handed compliment on getting the new print order. I was fired instead. I rolled with it. Place had dead rats all in the ceiling and in traps every where (rats love to make beds from shredded paper) because of this I landed a job through a friend of a friend that was a recruiter. It became my career and has made my life up to this point positive and possible.

Worked in rat infested printing job. Got fired the day I brought in a $20,000 job that was paid for upfront before going to print.

Seeking_Providence

Just over six years ago I was in a similar boat. I did not have a complete high school education, my family was pestering me with what I was going to so (as I'm now glad they did), and I was going nowhere. I know now that I was suffering from a terrible depression. There was a point in time that I slept for three days straight, simply because I had nothing else to do. I used the restroom and went right back to sleeping. All I had were dreams. Education has always been important to me, I dropped out of high school for complicated family issues. Unfortunately, I lacked the motivation to get a job, I had no money for college, and no idea what I wanted to study. I felt lost, alone and had no idea where to turn. I didn't want to live forever under someone else's roof and lack the ability to buy anything for myself. I wanted to l to learn, to be something, anything useful to society. So I joined the military. It wasn't easy, and I wanted to give up several times, but I made it out. I am currently ending a six year enlistment and signing up for classes in a major I never would have chosen before. The entire experience has spanned the entire gambit of emotions. Times have been fantastic (got deployed, only sand was on a beach), and other times I wished people weren't so stupid. I've never regretted it. I'm stronger and have more of an idea of what I want to do with my life. Get anything saying you have finished a high school equivalency. I used Continental Academy, not sure if they still have the 400 question test that magically turns into a diploma... but I'm sure the Internet has something out there. Maybe the military isn't for you, that's fine. Find what interests you and just go for it. Best of luck in whatever path you choose. TL;DR: Have you looked into the military?

Just over six years ago I was in a similar boat. I did not have a complete high school education, my family was pestering me with what I was going to so (as I'm now glad they did), and I was going nowhere. I know now that I was suffering from a terrible depression. There was a point in time that I slept for three days straight, simply because I had nothing else to do. I used the restroom and went right back to sleeping. All I had were dreams. Education has always been important to me, I dropped out of high school for complicated family issues. Unfortunately, I lacked the motivation to get a job, I had no money for college, and no idea what I wanted to study. I felt lost, alone and had no idea where to turn. I didn't want to live forever under someone else's roof and lack the ability to buy anything for myself. I wanted to l to learn, to be something, anything useful to society. So I joined the military. It wasn't easy, and I wanted to give up several times, but I made it out. I am currently ending a six year enlistment and signing up for classes in a major I never would have chosen before. The entire experience has spanned the entire gambit of emotions. Times have been fantastic (got deployed, only sand was on a beach), and other times I wished people weren't so stupid. I've never regretted it. I'm stronger and have more of an idea of what I want to do with my life. Get anything saying you have finished a high school equivalency. I used Continental Academy, not sure if they still have the 400 question test that magically turns into a diploma... but I'm sure the Internet has something out there. Maybe the military isn't for you, that's fine. Find what interests you and just go for it. Best of luck in whatever path you choose. TL;DR: Have you looked into the military?

DecidingToBeBetter

t5_2tand

ce3kbtl

Just over six years ago I was in a similar boat. I did not have a complete high school education, my family was pestering me with what I was going to so (as I'm now glad they did), and I was going nowhere. I know now that I was suffering from a terrible depression. There was a point in time that I slept for three days straight, simply because I had nothing else to do. I used the restroom and went right back to sleeping. All I had were dreams. Education has always been important to me, I dropped out of high school for complicated family issues. Unfortunately, I lacked the motivation to get a job, I had no money for college, and no idea what I wanted to study. I felt lost, alone and had no idea where to turn. I didn't want to live forever under someone else's roof and lack the ability to buy anything for myself. I wanted to l to learn, to be something, anything useful to society. So I joined the military. It wasn't easy, and I wanted to give up several times, but I made it out. I am currently ending a six year enlistment and signing up for classes in a major I never would have chosen before. The entire experience has spanned the entire gambit of emotions. Times have been fantastic (got deployed, only sand was on a beach), and other times I wished people weren't so stupid. I've never regretted it. I'm stronger and have more of an idea of what I want to do with my life. Get anything saying you have finished a high school equivalency. I used Continental Academy, not sure if they still have the 400 question test that magically turns into a diploma... but I'm sure the Internet has something out there. Maybe the military isn't for you, that's fine. Find what interests you and just go for it. Best of luck in whatever path you choose.

Have you looked into the military?

thedwarf-in-theflask

You are a rich douchebag who makes music. okay. I HAVE TO DISAGREE with everyone saying "oh what a poor guy, his psyche, those douche paparazzi". Um he doesnt lift shit all day, hes not a firefighter, he doesnt risk his life, he makes music. Im not saying that its super easy and that anyone could do it IM JUST SAYING dont compare it to being a doctor or someone who is actually useful and has a super hard life. TLDR: IF YOU WANTED TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS, THEN DEAL WITH THE FUCKIN PAPARAZZI!

You are a rich douchebag who makes music. okay. I HAVE TO DISAGREE with everyone saying "oh what a poor guy, his psyche, those douche paparazzi". Um he doesnt lift shit all day, hes not a firefighter, he doesnt risk his life, he makes music. Im not saying that its super easy and that anyone could do it IM JUST SAYING dont compare it to being a doctor or someone who is actually useful and has a super hard life. TLDR: IF YOU WANTED TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS, THEN DEAL WITH THE FUCKIN PAPARAZZI!

funny

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ce3qdpk

You are a rich douchebag who makes music. okay. I HAVE TO DISAGREE with everyone saying "oh what a poor guy, his psyche, those douche paparazzi". Um he doesnt lift shit all day, hes not a firefighter, he doesnt risk his life, he makes music. Im not saying that its super easy and that anyone could do it IM JUST SAYING dont compare it to being a doctor or someone who is actually useful and has a super hard life.

IF YOU WANTED TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS, THEN DEAL WITH THE FUCKIN PAPARAZZI!

sterlight_sterbright

Absolutely. That's what I tried to demonstrate with the video, but I realize it doesn't hold all the info. He has one installed into his guitar. There is a stab (stability knob) that when you turn it down and the drive up the pedal goes nuts. That's why there is also a gate and compression knob (one of which the player in the previous video was messing with) to combat and manipulate the oscillation. TL;DR Yes, but it doesn't have to.

Absolutely. That's what I tried to demonstrate with the video, but I realize it doesn't hold all the info. He has one installed into his guitar. There is a stab (stability knob) that when you turn it down and the drive up the pedal goes nuts. That's why there is also a gate and compression knob (one of which the player in the previous video was messing with) to combat and manipulate the oscillation. TL;DR Yes, but it doesn't have to.

Guitar

t5_2qi79

ce4203o

Absolutely. That's what I tried to demonstrate with the video, but I realize it doesn't hold all the info. He has one installed into his guitar. There is a stab (stability knob) that when you turn it down and the drive up the pedal goes nuts. That's why there is also a gate and compression knob (one of which the player in the previous video was messing with) to combat and manipulate the oscillation.

Yes, but it doesn't have to.

longrodmchugendong

My party was fighting a mythic genie that had plane shifted to get away. They thought maybe she tried to shift to ethereal and also attempted plane shifting. Our psychic botched his roll (a one on percentile) and they were transported to celestia(this was randomly determined as well.) They also just so happened to roll an encounter, which ended up being an asura. Our samurai and psychic would probably be fine but our LE monk was instantly determined "wicked" by the pure good demigod. Acting swiftly the samurai offered our holy grail to the asura in exchange for our friends life and he allowed us to leave to pursue our fight with the genie. TLDR: Vishnu stole our major artifact and essential quest item.

My party was fighting a mythic genie that had plane shifted to get away. They thought maybe she tried to shift to ethereal and also attempted plane shifting. Our psychic botched his roll (a one on percentile) and they were transported to celestia(this was randomly determined as well.) They also just so happened to roll an encounter, which ended up being an asura. Our samurai and psychic would probably be fine but our LE monk was instantly determined "wicked" by the pure good demigod. Acting swiftly the samurai offered our holy grail to the asura in exchange for our friends life and he allowed us to leave to pursue our fight with the genie. TLDR: Vishnu stole our major artifact and essential quest item.

Pathfinder_RPG

t5_2trms

ce46acg

My party was fighting a mythic genie that had plane shifted to get away. They thought maybe she tried to shift to ethereal and also attempted plane shifting. Our psychic botched his roll (a one on percentile) and they were transported to celestia(this was randomly determined as well.) They also just so happened to roll an encounter, which ended up being an asura. Our samurai and psychic would probably be fine but our LE monk was instantly determined "wicked" by the pure good demigod. Acting swiftly the samurai offered our holy grail to the asura in exchange for our friends life and he allowed us to leave to pursue our fight with the genie.

Vishnu stole our major artifact and essential quest item.

pinstripedbarbarian

I was running an evil campaign. The group had to infiltrate a good aligned city. It was a trade hub, so they disguised as merchants and even crafted some items for sale. I had a couple guards run checks on them as they found one of the group's spying devices. It was supposed to be a standard keep-on-your-toes encounter, either fighting those guards or finding a way to get them off their trail. Instead, the guards figure out whats going on and the bard admits it, letting them take him away. The rest of the party, hiding in the back, has to sneak into the city, break into the secret guard room, and fight back a small squad of paladins. I had planned on the leader of this squad to be a miniboss later on, but nooooo they ran straight to him. He was the son of one of the five leaders of the good realm. In the end the party killed him, but not until he killed the caster. TL:DR - The party saved one member to lose another by running straight to the boss instead of lying or running away.

I was running an evil campaign. The group had to infiltrate a good aligned city. It was a trade hub, so they disguised as merchants and even crafted some items for sale. I had a couple guards run checks on them as they found one of the group's spying devices. It was supposed to be a standard keep-on-your-toes encounter, either fighting those guards or finding a way to get them off their trail. Instead, the guards figure out whats going on and the bard admits it, letting them take him away. The rest of the party, hiding in the back, has to sneak into the city, break into the secret guard room, and fight back a small squad of paladins. I had planned on the leader of this squad to be a miniboss later on, but nooooo they ran straight to him. He was the son of one of the five leaders of the good realm. In the end the party killed him, but not until he killed the caster. TL:DR - The party saved one member to lose another by running straight to the boss instead of lying or running away.

Pathfinder_RPG

t5_2trms

ce4e1kv

I was running an evil campaign. The group had to infiltrate a good aligned city. It was a trade hub, so they disguised as merchants and even crafted some items for sale. I had a couple guards run checks on them as they found one of the group's spying devices. It was supposed to be a standard keep-on-your-toes encounter, either fighting those guards or finding a way to get them off their trail. Instead, the guards figure out whats going on and the bard admits it, letting them take him away. The rest of the party, hiding in the back, has to sneak into the city, break into the secret guard room, and fight back a small squad of paladins. I had planned on the leader of this squad to be a miniboss later on, but nooooo they ran straight to him. He was the son of one of the five leaders of the good realm. In the end the party killed him, but not until he killed the caster.

The party saved one member to lose another by running straight to the boss instead of lying or running away.

suyena

Ashe, in my opinion, is completely fine as she is. She's got a lot of bullying potential in lane starting at level one with her passive (dat crit doe). Also, her late game kiting is unbelievable if all she does is perma-slow and have a support who can peel for her. TL;DR: she slows and hits like a truck late game

Ashe, in my opinion, is completely fine as she is. She's got a lot of bullying potential in lane starting at level one with her passive (dat crit doe). Also, her late game kiting is unbelievable if all she does is perma-slow and have a support who can peel for her. TL;DR: she slows and hits like a truck late game

leagueoflegends

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ce4ge3n

Ashe, in my opinion, is completely fine as she is. She's got a lot of bullying potential in lane starting at level one with her passive (dat crit doe). Also, her late game kiting is unbelievable if all she does is perma-slow and have a support who can peel for her.

she slows and hits like a truck late game

Knights-of-Ni

Although it is a good list, I think the order is wrong. This is based on opinion (as is the article) but I think #1 should have belonged to either the P-51D or the Spitfire. While I do believe the ME-262 does belong on the list, I think it should go after the P-51 and the Spitfire. Both aircraft played a substantially more significant role in the war than the ME-262 did. Beyond the fact that the ME-262 was the world's first successful operation jet fighter, was it as effective as the Mustang or Spitfire? Up until the introduction of the Mustang, US bombers would have to conduct daylight bombing raids unescorted. The ME-262's only saving grace was that it was fast compared to a piston fighter. The ME-262 did suffer performance issues at lower speeds and the Allies did develop anti-jet tactics. Now you could argue, "If they had been built sooner; they would have been more effective." Well, they weren't. It's a simple case of too little, too late. Again, this is my opinion and I'm open to a logical debate but I stand by my statement when I say that the Mustang and Spitfire belong at #1 and #2 spots (not necessarily in that order). **TL;DR While it is a good fighter, the ME-262 should be #3 for various reasons.**

Although it is a good list, I think the order is wrong. This is based on opinion (as is the article) but I think #1 should have belonged to either the P-51D or the Spitfire. While I do believe the ME-262 does belong on the list, I think it should go after the P-51 and the Spitfire. Both aircraft played a substantially more significant role in the war than the ME-262 did. Beyond the fact that the ME-262 was the world's first successful operation jet fighter, was it as effective as the Mustang or Spitfire? Up until the introduction of the Mustang, US bombers would have to conduct daylight bombing raids unescorted. The ME-262's only saving grace was that it was fast compared to a piston fighter. The ME-262 did suffer performance issues at lower speeds and the Allies did develop anti-jet tactics. Now you could argue, "If they had been built sooner; they would have been more effective." Well, they weren't. It's a simple case of too little, too late. Again, this is my opinion and I'm open to a logical debate but I stand by my statement when I say that the Mustang and Spitfire belong at #1 and #2 spots (not necessarily in that order). TL;DR While it is a good fighter, the ME-262 should be #3 for various reasons.

WWIIplanes

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ce4nyx8

Although it is a good list, I think the order is wrong. This is based on opinion (as is the article) but I think #1 should have belonged to either the P-51D or the Spitfire. While I do believe the ME-262 does belong on the list, I think it should go after the P-51 and the Spitfire. Both aircraft played a substantially more significant role in the war than the ME-262 did. Beyond the fact that the ME-262 was the world's first successful operation jet fighter, was it as effective as the Mustang or Spitfire? Up until the introduction of the Mustang, US bombers would have to conduct daylight bombing raids unescorted. The ME-262's only saving grace was that it was fast compared to a piston fighter. The ME-262 did suffer performance issues at lower speeds and the Allies did develop anti-jet tactics. Now you could argue, "If they had been built sooner; they would have been more effective." Well, they weren't. It's a simple case of too little, too late. Again, this is my opinion and I'm open to a logical debate but I stand by my statement when I say that the Mustang and Spitfire belong at #1 and #2 spots (not necessarily in that order).

While it is a good fighter, the ME-262 should be #3 for various reasons.

sobeita

Indulgences are fine, but I'm talking about the people who *actually do* have a serious problem. Not everyone, but some of them. I see them regularly because I regularly go to stores, get gas, etc. I live in Rochester, so maybe it's more common here or something. I know it wouldn't help to confront them in the way that you're suggesting; I was asking for a tactful way of saying something without it even seeming like a confrontation. I don't claim to be a moral authority. I don't disapprove of the people who buy these tickets. I disapprove of the people that market them. I've never been addicted to gambling or alcohol, but I have been addicted to nicotine, and I would do anything to prevent people like me from making the mistakes I did. **Obviously prohibition is the wrong approach.** I never claimed it was. TL;DR of my original post: how do I help strangers realize they have a problem without exacerbating said problem?

Indulgences are fine, but I'm talking about the people who actually do have a serious problem. Not everyone, but some of them. I see them regularly because I regularly go to stores, get gas, etc. I live in Rochester, so maybe it's more common here or something. I know it wouldn't help to confront them in the way that you're suggesting; I was asking for a tactful way of saying something without it even seeming like a confrontation. I don't claim to be a moral authority. I don't disapprove of the people who buy these tickets. I disapprove of the people that market them. I've never been addicted to gambling or alcohol, but I have been addicted to nicotine, and I would do anything to prevent people like me from making the mistakes I did. Obviously prohibition is the wrong approach. I never claimed it was. TL;DR of my original post: how do I help strangers realize they have a problem without exacerbating said problem?

funny

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ce4odvu

Indulgences are fine, but I'm talking about the people who actually do have a serious problem. Not everyone, but some of them. I see them regularly because I regularly go to stores, get gas, etc. I live in Rochester, so maybe it's more common here or something. I know it wouldn't help to confront them in the way that you're suggesting; I was asking for a tactful way of saying something without it even seeming like a confrontation. I don't claim to be a moral authority. I don't disapprove of the people who buy these tickets. I disapprove of the people that market them. I've never been addicted to gambling or alcohol, but I have been addicted to nicotine, and I would do anything to prevent people like me from making the mistakes I did. Obviously prohibition is the wrong approach. I never claimed it was.

of my original post: how do I help strangers realize they have a problem without exacerbating said problem?

callddit

This is basically what happened to me when I was in elementary school (like, grade 2) in Florida. Walking to my mom's car at the end of the day, when I hear "*Callddit!*" in a sing-song voice. Turn around, and this girl (yes, white) runs up to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek, says "I'll see you tomorrow!" , then turns around an skips off. Next day I cautiously walk to the playground, see her, and ask her why she kissed me. She smiles and says "I have a crush on you." My face contorts into a look of horror, and I scream "*EWWWWWWWWWW*" all the way down to the slides where my friends are. Good times. But she's probably hot as fuck now, so the joke's on me. *Sobs*. **TL;DR**: I'm was an asshole as a kid.

This is basically what happened to me when I was in elementary school (like, grade 2) in Florida. Walking to my mom's car at the end of the day, when I hear " Callddit! " in a sing-song voice. Turn around, and this girl (yes, white) runs up to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek, says "I'll see you tomorrow!" , then turns around an skips off. Next day I cautiously walk to the playground, see her, and ask her why she kissed me. She smiles and says "I have a crush on you." My face contorts into a look of horror, and I scream " EWWWWWWWWWW " all the way down to the slides where my friends are. Good times. But she's probably hot as fuck now, so the joke's on me. Sobs . TL;DR : I'm was an asshole as a kid.

teenagers

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ce4ch0n

This is basically what happened to me when I was in elementary school (like, grade 2) in Florida. Walking to my mom's car at the end of the day, when I hear " Callddit! " in a sing-song voice. Turn around, and this girl (yes, white) runs up to me and gives me a kiss on the cheek, says "I'll see you tomorrow!" , then turns around an skips off. Next day I cautiously walk to the playground, see her, and ask her why she kissed me. She smiles and says "I have a crush on you." My face contorts into a look of horror, and I scream " EWWWWWWWWWW " all the way down to the slides where my friends are. Good times. But she's probably hot as fuck now, so the joke's on me. Sobs .

I'm was an asshole as a kid.

jules79

You're a seventeen year old guy-do NOT feel guilty about sexual feelings. Thinking about sex is totally normal! Thia is the time in your life when it's okay to date around and just be interested in different people and not take any of that too seriously! There's also absolutely nothing wrong with being inexperienced at that age! I say just go for it and ask a girl out-the worst that happens is she says no and that is not the end of the world. It'll suck a bit, but you'll get over it. The more yoh put yourself out there, the more comfortable you'll be. As for worrying about the cost of dates, well there's plenty of free things to do. Also, you could just split the cost! Tl; dr you're a normal 17 year old. Don't over think this shit or stress out about it.

You're a seventeen year old guy-do NOT feel guilty about sexual feelings. Thinking about sex is totally normal! Thia is the time in your life when it's okay to date around and just be interested in different people and not take any of that too seriously! There's also absolutely nothing wrong with being inexperienced at that age! I say just go for it and ask a girl out-the worst that happens is she says no and that is not the end of the world. It'll suck a bit, but you'll get over it. The more yoh put yourself out there, the more comfortable you'll be. As for worrying about the cost of dates, well there's plenty of free things to do. Also, you could just split the cost! Tl; dr you're a normal 17 year old. Don't over think this shit or stress out about it.

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ce4jna9

You're a seventeen year old guy-do NOT feel guilty about sexual feelings. Thinking about sex is totally normal! Thia is the time in your life when it's okay to date around and just be interested in different people and not take any of that too seriously! There's also absolutely nothing wrong with being inexperienced at that age! I say just go for it and ask a girl out-the worst that happens is she says no and that is not the end of the world. It'll suck a bit, but you'll get over it. The more yoh put yourself out there, the more comfortable you'll be. As for worrying about the cost of dates, well there's plenty of free things to do. Also, you could just split the cost!

you're a normal 17 year old. Don't over think this shit or stress out about it.

angeliqu

Or worse, from Mary Brown's!! As a Newfie who has lived within minutes of Quebec for the last four years, I can't recall how I ever thought shredded cheddar cheese on fries with gravy was a good idea. If you want your fries with anything, just get dressing and gravy. Now that's something NL does great! TL; DR, don't get poutine in Newfoundland, order fries, dressing, and gravy.

Or worse, from Mary Brown's!! As a Newfie who has lived within minutes of Quebec for the last four years, I can't recall how I ever thought shredded cheddar cheese on fries with gravy was a good idea. If you want your fries with anything, just get dressing and gravy. Now that's something NL does great! TL; DR, don't get poutine in Newfoundland, order fries, dressing, and gravy.

todayilearned

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ce4ykbe

Or worse, from Mary Brown's!! As a Newfie who has lived within minutes of Quebec for the last four years, I can't recall how I ever thought shredded cheddar cheese on fries with gravy was a good idea. If you want your fries with anything, just get dressing and gravy. Now that's something NL does great!

don't get poutine in Newfoundland, order fries, dressing, and gravy.

DukeofNormandy

As a Newfie, if you actually are serious then only stay in St John's a couple days. It's a cool city with some cool buildings and history, but there isn't a ton of things to do. If you do come here, then rent a car and drive across the island. The scenery is beautiful and tons of cool little towns and bays. TLDR: you can only put up with townies for so long, you need to get outta St Johns and see the countryside.

As a Newfie, if you actually are serious then only stay in St John's a couple days. It's a cool city with some cool buildings and history, but there isn't a ton of things to do. If you do come here, then rent a car and drive across the island. The scenery is beautiful and tons of cool little towns and bays. TLDR: you can only put up with townies for so long, you need to get outta St Johns and see the countryside.

todayilearned

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ce4t1ve

As a Newfie, if you actually are serious then only stay in St John's a couple days. It's a cool city with some cool buildings and history, but there isn't a ton of things to do. If you do come here, then rent a car and drive across the island. The scenery is beautiful and tons of cool little towns and bays.

you can only put up with townies for so long, you need to get outta St Johns and see the countryside.

lumpy_potato

As K said in Men In Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." Most people are going to freak out as a collective and fuck everything up. The survivors are going to be the ones who recognize the above and do what they can to prepare within a small circle of like-minded people who understand that survival starts with a single person, rather than trying to save a group. tl;dr: No most people are going to be completely zombie-fucked.

As K said in Men In Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." Most people are going to freak out as a collective and fuck everything up. The survivors are going to be the ones who recognize the above and do what they can to prepare within a small circle of like-minded people who understand that survival starts with a single person, rather than trying to save a group. tl;dr: No most people are going to be completely zombie-fucked.

AskReddit

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ce4pfwc

As K said in Men In Black: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." Most people are going to freak out as a collective and fuck everything up. The survivors are going to be the ones who recognize the above and do what they can to prepare within a small circle of like-minded people who understand that survival starts with a single person, rather than trying to save a group.

No most people are going to be completely zombie-fucked.

idgarad

There are two practical limits on an organism. "Intake of nutrients vs size" and the cubic mass. There are several species of plants that are literally cover hundreds of feet but the limiting factor is given any cell in the organism, can the needed nutrients reach that cell in time before the cell dies. The second limit is as the creature grows so does it's mass and the pressure applied to any one cell. Eventually the creature would become massive to the point that a cell could be crushed under the weight of the surrounding cells. Even a structure like bone eventually fails. That said however, artificial structures can allow an organism to grow to absurd sizes but then the first limit kicks in. Ivy growing up a skyscraper could in essence easily cover the largest man made structures but the ability to transport nutrients from the soil becomes too far and the nutrients just can't make it that far. Then there are environmental hazards that increase over the surface area of an organism (The odds of a pencil standing on end getting struck by a bullet in a hail of machine gun fire is &lt; a person due to size) that risk increases drastically as the surface area increase. Mold, fungus, diease, etc grow as the plant grows (more physical vectors to infiltrate the plant or animal.) TL;DR = 1st Rule The ability to get food from point A to point B eventually becomes too far and the food gets consumed. 2nd Rule The mass of the creature increase to the cube as size increases. Eventually there is too much creature to feed (see 1st Rule) or it started to destroy itself under it's own weight. 2.5 Rule The bigger the creature, the more risk to mechanical injury and subsequent infection.

There are two practical limits on an organism. "Intake of nutrients vs size" and the cubic mass. There are several species of plants that are literally cover hundreds of feet but the limiting factor is given any cell in the organism, can the needed nutrients reach that cell in time before the cell dies. The second limit is as the creature grows so does it's mass and the pressure applied to any one cell. Eventually the creature would become massive to the point that a cell could be crushed under the weight of the surrounding cells. Even a structure like bone eventually fails. That said however, artificial structures can allow an organism to grow to absurd sizes but then the first limit kicks in. Ivy growing up a skyscraper could in essence easily cover the largest man made structures but the ability to transport nutrients from the soil becomes too far and the nutrients just can't make it that far. Then there are environmental hazards that increase over the surface area of an organism (The odds of a pencil standing on end getting struck by a bullet in a hail of machine gun fire is < a person due to size) that risk increases drastically as the surface area increase. Mold, fungus, diease, etc grow as the plant grows (more physical vectors to infiltrate the plant or animal.) TL;DR = 1st Rule The ability to get food from point A to point B eventually becomes too far and the food gets consumed. 2nd Rule The mass of the creature increase to the cube as size increases. Eventually there is too much creature to feed (see 1st Rule) or it started to destroy itself under it's own weight. 2.5 Rule The bigger the creature, the more risk to mechanical injury and subsequent infection.

askscience

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ce55r2g

There are two practical limits on an organism. "Intake of nutrients vs size" and the cubic mass. There are several species of plants that are literally cover hundreds of feet but the limiting factor is given any cell in the organism, can the needed nutrients reach that cell in time before the cell dies. The second limit is as the creature grows so does it's mass and the pressure applied to any one cell. Eventually the creature would become massive to the point that a cell could be crushed under the weight of the surrounding cells. Even a structure like bone eventually fails. That said however, artificial structures can allow an organism to grow to absurd sizes but then the first limit kicks in. Ivy growing up a skyscraper could in essence easily cover the largest man made structures but the ability to transport nutrients from the soil becomes too far and the nutrients just can't make it that far. Then there are environmental hazards that increase over the surface area of an organism (The odds of a pencil standing on end getting struck by a bullet in a hail of machine gun fire is < a person due to size) that risk increases drastically as the surface area increase. Mold, fungus, diease, etc grow as the plant grows (more physical vectors to infiltrate the plant or animal.)

1st Rule The ability to get food from point A to point B eventually becomes too far and the food gets consumed. 2nd Rule The mass of the creature increase to the cube as size increases. Eventually there is too much creature to feed (see 1st Rule) or it started to destroy itself under it's own weight. 2.5 Rule The bigger the creature, the more risk to mechanical injury and subsequent infection.

agentvoid

**[Hamza Andreas Tzortzis]( is a Greek-British **public speaker on Islam, apologist**, and writer. He works as a senior researcher with the **[Islamic Education and Research Academy]( [IERA]**. He has engaged in public debates against various individuals including against Ed Buckner, Dan Barker, Lawrence M. Krauss, Peter Cave, Graham Thompson, and Ian Bryce. He frequently invokes the Kalām cosmological argument to argue for the existence of God. __________________________________________________________________________ Pseudonym **[Tommy Robinson]( also going by Andrew McMaster and Paul Harris, **was the co-founder, spokesman and leader of the [English Defence League]( (EDL) "street protest" movement. He led the EDL from 2009 until he **left the group in October 2013.** For a short time in 2012 Robinson was joint Party Vice Chairman of the British Freedom Party. He also founded the European Defence League. Robinson said he had been considering this for a long time because of concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism". Robinson said it was **still his aim to "counter Islamist ideology ... not with violence but with democratic ideas".** Ten other senior figures left with Robinson and Carroll; Tim Ablitt became the EDL's new leader. **Robinson's decision followed discussions with [Quilliam]( which describes itself as a "counter-extremism think tank".** ______________________________________________________________________________ **So basically as far as I can figure this out (zulaikha is the one following this story religiously), you have a former founder and activist (Tommy Robinson) for the right wing group (EDL) being asked on a lunch date by an Islamic apologist (Hamza Tzortzis). At one point in time, these two men sitting down at a table and having a halal meal would have been a ludicrous scenario but recently for whatever reason Tommy boy seems to have soften his stance towards Muslims and Islam. Hamza seems to be trying to woo Tommy to being a potential ally. What better way to boost your cause than to have a former critic and enemy stand by your side.** _________________________________________________________________________________ **tl:dr:** Someone's getting a free meal but they'd have to put up with questionable company. How far would you go for a free meal?

[Hamza Andreas Tzortzis]( is a Greek-British public speaker on Islam, apologist , and writer. He works as a senior researcher with the [Islamic Education and Research Academy]( [IERA]**. He has engaged in public debates against various individuals including against Ed Buckner, Dan Barker, Lawrence M. Krauss, Peter Cave, Graham Thompson, and Ian Bryce. He frequently invokes the Kalām cosmological argument to argue for the existence of God. Pseudonym [Tommy Robinson]( also going by Andrew McMaster and Paul Harris, was the co-founder, spokesman and leader of the English Defence League "street protest" movement. He led the EDL from 2009 until he left the group in October 2013. For a short time in 2012 Robinson was joint Party Vice Chairman of the British Freedom Party. He also founded the European Defence League. Robinson said he had been considering this for a long time because of concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism". Robinson said it was still his aim to "counter Islamist ideology ... not with violence but with democratic ideas". Ten other senior figures left with Robinson and Carroll; Tim Ablitt became the EDL's new leader. Robinson's decision followed discussions with [Quilliam]( which describes itself as a "counter-extremism think tank". So basically as far as I can figure this out (zulaikha is the one following this story religiously), you have a former founder and activist (Tommy Robinson) for the right wing group (EDL) being asked on a lunch date by an Islamic apologist (Hamza Tzortzis). At one point in time, these two men sitting down at a table and having a halal meal would have been a ludicrous scenario but recently for whatever reason Tommy boy seems to have soften his stance towards Muslims and Islam. Hamza seems to be trying to woo Tommy to being a potential ally. What better way to boost your cause than to have a former critic and enemy stand by your side. tl:dr: Someone's getting a free meal but they'd have to put up with questionable company. How far would you go for a free meal?

exmuslim

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ce4u6vq

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis]( is a Greek-British public speaker on Islam, apologist , and writer. He works as a senior researcher with the [Islamic Education and Research Academy]( [IERA]**. He has engaged in public debates against various individuals including against Ed Buckner, Dan Barker, Lawrence M. Krauss, Peter Cave, Graham Thompson, and Ian Bryce. He frequently invokes the Kalām cosmological argument to argue for the existence of God. Pseudonym [Tommy Robinson]( also going by Andrew McMaster and Paul Harris, was the co-founder, spokesman and leader of the English Defence League "street protest" movement. He led the EDL from 2009 until he left the group in October 2013. For a short time in 2012 Robinson was joint Party Vice Chairman of the British Freedom Party. He also founded the European Defence League. Robinson said he had been considering this for a long time because of concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism". Robinson said it was still his aim to "counter Islamist ideology ... not with violence but with democratic ideas". Ten other senior figures left with Robinson and Carroll; Tim Ablitt became the EDL's new leader. Robinson's decision followed discussions with [Quilliam]( which describes itself as a "counter-extremism think tank". So basically as far as I can figure this out (zulaikha is the one following this story religiously), you have a former founder and activist (Tommy Robinson) for the right wing group (EDL) being asked on a lunch date by an Islamic apologist (Hamza Tzortzis). At one point in time, these two men sitting down at a table and having a halal meal would have been a ludicrous scenario but recently for whatever reason Tommy boy seems to have soften his stance towards Muslims and Islam. Hamza seems to be trying to woo Tommy to being a potential ally. What better way to boost your cause than to have a former critic and enemy stand by your side.

Someone's getting a free meal but they'd have to put up with questionable company. How far would you go for a free meal?

Xyloman1976

first link of the day, so sad and cruel that someone would do such a horrendous thing to an animal....however as i clicked through the pictures my heart warmed to see how she has progressed to a happy life with a loving home and family. So tl dr: sad story ends up happy. now im happy lol.

first link of the day, so sad and cruel that someone would do such a horrendous thing to an animal....however as i clicked through the pictures my heart warmed to see how she has progressed to a happy life with a loving home and family. So tl dr: sad story ends up happy. now im happy lol.

pics

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ce5i29g

first link of the day, so sad and cruel that someone would do such a horrendous thing to an animal....however as i clicked through the pictures my heart warmed to see how she has progressed to a happy life with a loving home and family. So

sad story ends up happy. now im happy lol.

Metalheadzaid

I agree with your changes, and are around where I'd push power. The issue with his 3rd hit whirlwind is that unless you have the stats to sit in a fight mid game, you're just a sitting duck waiting for your 3rd hit to come up before you can be useful. As bruiser/tank yasuo, it's not an issue, but playing as an 'assassin' of sorts, it's pretty much impossible unless they pick an extremely weak comp. TL;DR: tank yasuo isn't too bad, assassin is shit.

I agree with your changes, and are around where I'd push power. The issue with his 3rd hit whirlwind is that unless you have the stats to sit in a fight mid game, you're just a sitting duck waiting for your 3rd hit to come up before you can be useful. As bruiser/tank yasuo, it's not an issue, but playing as an 'assassin' of sorts, it's pretty much impossible unless they pick an extremely weak comp. TL;DR: tank yasuo isn't too bad, assassin is shit.

leagueoflegends

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ce5emxc

I agree with your changes, and are around where I'd push power. The issue with his 3rd hit whirlwind is that unless you have the stats to sit in a fight mid game, you're just a sitting duck waiting for your 3rd hit to come up before you can be useful. As bruiser/tank yasuo, it's not an issue, but playing as an 'assassin' of sorts, it's pretty much impossible unless they pick an extremely weak comp.

tank yasuo isn't too bad, assassin is shit.

Tommybeast

I don't think you are mechanically skilled enough to offer Insight into yasuo, by the way you are talking it seems like you think yasuo is some top lane assassin that engages whenever he hits tornado. That's not how you play him. You play a bit like katarina except that you stay by your ad. Yasuo is not an assassin, he is a eps carry whatever like Cassio. You stay by your ad and murder the bruisers untill you get knock up, which you shoot onto the back line. It isn't hard to hit because it has a good travel time. TL;DR stop yolo diving their backline and stop going top

I don't think you are mechanically skilled enough to offer Insight into yasuo, by the way you are talking it seems like you think yasuo is some top lane assassin that engages whenever he hits tornado. That's not how you play him. You play a bit like katarina except that you stay by your ad. Yasuo is not an assassin, he is a eps carry whatever like Cassio. You stay by your ad and murder the bruisers untill you get knock up, which you shoot onto the back line. It isn't hard to hit because it has a good travel time. TL;DR stop yolo diving their backline and stop going top

leagueoflegends

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ce5fttk

I don't think you are mechanically skilled enough to offer Insight into yasuo, by the way you are talking it seems like you think yasuo is some top lane assassin that engages whenever he hits tornado. That's not how you play him. You play a bit like katarina except that you stay by your ad. Yasuo is not an assassin, he is a eps carry whatever like Cassio. You stay by your ad and murder the bruisers untill you get knock up, which you shoot onto the back line. It isn't hard to hit because it has a good travel time.

stop yolo diving their backline and stop going top

firmakind

First : I'm not a professional scientist in this field. I'd not say that you are missing out by not using cannabis. From all the papers I have read on this subject, it seems that cannabis consumption does not create schizophrenia but rather allows the ailment to reveal itself. If a person has a predisposition to schizophrenia, they are more likely to show symptoms by using cannabis (especially during their teen years). This does not mean that cannabis caused the disease, but it revealed it. A person with no predisposition to schizophrenia has supposedly no chance to show schizophrenic symptoms when using cannabis. Another factor is that the level of cannabis use is usually heavy, meaning more than two joints a day at least. I can't recall a paper where light cannabis use (around once a week or less) was correlated with schizophrenic symptoms. Now, keep in mind that what follows is about one person, not a research on tens of subjects analyzed through statistical and scientific tools. I know someone who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, after starting to use cannabis. From my point of view, which does not constitute a valid research program, the use of cannabis helped the disease to break out in this case. The particularity here is that this person, who sees a psychiatrist regularly, continues to use cannabis with a mild use (more than once a week, less than twice a day). According to her, it helps her to have a better distinction between the disease and reality. While being high, she has another perception of reality along with her disease. Through her reflection, it increases her discernment of the hallucinations that she may experience sober. I can't encourage you enough to read papers about this subject, especially if you are directly concerned. TL;DR : if you are fine now, then there is no real reason to start using cannabis if you have a real predisposition to schizophrenia.

First : I'm not a professional scientist in this field. I'd not say that you are missing out by not using cannabis. From all the papers I have read on this subject, it seems that cannabis consumption does not create schizophrenia but rather allows the ailment to reveal itself. If a person has a predisposition to schizophrenia, they are more likely to show symptoms by using cannabis (especially during their teen years). This does not mean that cannabis caused the disease, but it revealed it. A person with no predisposition to schizophrenia has supposedly no chance to show schizophrenic symptoms when using cannabis. Another factor is that the level of cannabis use is usually heavy, meaning more than two joints a day at least. I can't recall a paper where light cannabis use (around once a week or less) was correlated with schizophrenic symptoms. Now, keep in mind that what follows is about one person, not a research on tens of subjects analyzed through statistical and scientific tools. I know someone who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, after starting to use cannabis. From my point of view, which does not constitute a valid research program, the use of cannabis helped the disease to break out in this case. The particularity here is that this person, who sees a psychiatrist regularly, continues to use cannabis with a mild use (more than once a week, less than twice a day). According to her, it helps her to have a better distinction between the disease and reality. While being high, she has another perception of reality along with her disease. Through her reflection, it increases her discernment of the hallucinations that she may experience sober. I can't encourage you enough to read papers about this subject, especially if you are directly concerned. TL;DR : if you are fine now, then there is no real reason to start using cannabis if you have a real predisposition to schizophrenia.

science

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First : I'm not a professional scientist in this field. I'd not say that you are missing out by not using cannabis. From all the papers I have read on this subject, it seems that cannabis consumption does not create schizophrenia but rather allows the ailment to reveal itself. If a person has a predisposition to schizophrenia, they are more likely to show symptoms by using cannabis (especially during their teen years). This does not mean that cannabis caused the disease, but it revealed it. A person with no predisposition to schizophrenia has supposedly no chance to show schizophrenic symptoms when using cannabis. Another factor is that the level of cannabis use is usually heavy, meaning more than two joints a day at least. I can't recall a paper where light cannabis use (around once a week or less) was correlated with schizophrenic symptoms. Now, keep in mind that what follows is about one person, not a research on tens of subjects analyzed through statistical and scientific tools. I know someone who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, after starting to use cannabis. From my point of view, which does not constitute a valid research program, the use of cannabis helped the disease to break out in this case. The particularity here is that this person, who sees a psychiatrist regularly, continues to use cannabis with a mild use (more than once a week, less than twice a day). According to her, it helps her to have a better distinction between the disease and reality. While being high, she has another perception of reality along with her disease. Through her reflection, it increases her discernment of the hallucinations that she may experience sober. I can't encourage you enough to read papers about this subject, especially if you are directly concerned.

if you are fine now, then there is no real reason to start using cannabis if you have a real predisposition to schizophrenia.

PinkSockBandit

&gt;The best part of this video is that it's from Washington, where no hood is the real hood. Have you ever been to Spokane/Yakima/Tacoma/Granite Falls/S. Everett/Sunnyside? I mean, no Compton is the real Compton(except actual real Compton), but I would not want to hang out with the guy who thinks going to some of those places is as casual as walking through Gasworks Park. Tl;dr man, if only you knew. There are bad places everywhere, and don't stereotype my state. We can be scary, too.

>The best part of this video is that it's from Washington, where no hood is the real hood. Have you ever been to Spokane/Yakima/Tacoma/Granite Falls/S. Everett/Sunnyside? I mean, no Compton is the real Compton(except actual real Compton), but I would not want to hang out with the guy who thinks going to some of those places is as casual as walking through Gasworks Park. Tl;dr man, if only you knew. There are bad places everywhere, and don't stereotype my state. We can be scary, too.

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The best part of this video is that it's from Washington, where no hood is the real hood. Have you ever been to Spokane/Yakima/Tacoma/Granite Falls/S. Everett/Sunnyside? I mean, no Compton is the real Compton(except actual real Compton), but I would not want to hang out with the guy who thinks going to some of those places is as casual as walking through Gasworks Park.

man, if only you knew. There are bad places everywhere, and don't stereotype my state. We can be scary, too.

fastgiga

&gt; the reality will be a heavily regulated internet. And that is exaclty why it will be very easy to join unregulated intranets like TOR. Ok, its not realy a intranet but what I want to say is: Many governments will try stuff similar to the UK. Unknowingly they urge more and more people into stuff like TOR, darknet, deep web etc. Yes, the normaly visible inet will the strongly regulated, but there are already so many people out there who can teach you how to get rid of this control that the government will not be able to stop this movement. By controlling the net stronger and stronger they help people who want to have a uncontrolled net. At this very moment there are some realy good FAQs and wiki pages about how to use TOR and similar stuff. In the future these things will become easier and easier because more and more people are interested in a free web. tldr: The more agressive they try to contol the inet, the easier it will be to get rid of this control.

> the reality will be a heavily regulated internet. And that is exaclty why it will be very easy to join unregulated intranets like TOR. Ok, its not realy a intranet but what I want to say is: Many governments will try stuff similar to the UK. Unknowingly they urge more and more people into stuff like TOR, darknet, deep web etc. Yes, the normaly visible inet will the strongly regulated, but there are already so many people out there who can teach you how to get rid of this control that the government will not be able to stop this movement. By controlling the net stronger and stronger they help people who want to have a uncontrolled net. At this very moment there are some realy good FAQs and wiki pages about how to use TOR and similar stuff. In the future these things will become easier and easier because more and more people are interested in a free web. tldr: The more agressive they try to contol the inet, the easier it will be to get rid of this control.

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the reality will be a heavily regulated internet. And that is exaclty why it will be very easy to join unregulated intranets like TOR. Ok, its not realy a intranet but what I want to say is: Many governments will try stuff similar to the UK. Unknowingly they urge more and more people into stuff like TOR, darknet, deep web etc. Yes, the normaly visible inet will the strongly regulated, but there are already so many people out there who can teach you how to get rid of this control that the government will not be able to stop this movement. By controlling the net stronger and stronger they help people who want to have a uncontrolled net. At this very moment there are some realy good FAQs and wiki pages about how to use TOR and similar stuff. In the future these things will become easier and easier because more and more people are interested in a free web.

The more agressive they try to contol the inet, the easier it will be to get rid of this control.

FauxShizzle

&gt;However looking at history i think we can see that humanity has been steadily growing taller while our overall brawn/muscle mass is decreasing. Anthropologist here. I cannot agree with this statement. Average height has only increased in the last 1,000 years, but that was because of [the loss of nutrients through agricultural diet starting about 10,000 years ago.]( All humans were foragers before then, and [they had an average height of about 5'5" - 5'9", depending upon their sex.]( Some ethnicities today exceed that average, but not humanity as a whole. Additionally, brawn does not seem to necessarily be shrinking. Anatomically modern humans from the African bottleneck about 140,000 years ago had skeletons which indicate that they were quite slender (and amazing runners). That hasn't changed much, although the range of variation of body sizes has. You would never have seen [these guys]( due to dietary &amp; mobility constraints. On a side note, human brain size has actually been shrinking, but extremely slowly. Neanderthals even had a bigger brain size than anatomically modern humans, but brain size is not exactly correlated with intelligence. The number of neural connections affects the efficiency of a brain, so although our brains are smaller, they are not likely any less efficient than they used to be. [Studies seem to indicate we are actually getting smarter.]( The split between anatomically modern humans and neanderthals was [about 500,000 years ago,]( and yet we're so alike genetically that they had to change the taxonomic naming system for both. **TL;DR: One thousand years (till the advent of Star Citizen lore) would not be significant enough time for the kind of genetic changes you're describing.**

>However looking at history i think we can see that humanity has been steadily growing taller while our overall brawn/muscle mass is decreasing. Anthropologist here. I cannot agree with this statement. Average height has only increased in the last 1,000 years, but that was because of [the loss of nutrients through agricultural diet starting about 10,000 years ago.]( All humans were foragers before then, and [they had an average height of about 5'5" - 5'9", depending upon their sex.]( Some ethnicities today exceed that average, but not humanity as a whole. Additionally, brawn does not seem to necessarily be shrinking. Anatomically modern humans from the African bottleneck about 140,000 years ago had skeletons which indicate that they were quite slender (and amazing runners). That hasn't changed much, although the range of variation of body sizes has. You would never have seen [these guys]( due to dietary & mobility constraints. On a side note, human brain size has actually been shrinking, but extremely slowly. Neanderthals even had a bigger brain size than anatomically modern humans, but brain size is not exactly correlated with intelligence. The number of neural connections affects the efficiency of a brain, so although our brains are smaller, they are not likely any less efficient than they used to be. [Studies seem to indicate we are actually getting smarter.]( The split between anatomically modern humans and neanderthals was [about 500,000 years ago,]( and yet we're so alike genetically that they had to change the taxonomic naming system for both. TL;DR: One thousand years (till the advent of Star Citizen lore) would not be significant enough time for the kind of genetic changes you're describing.

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However looking at history i think we can see that humanity has been steadily growing taller while our overall brawn/muscle mass is decreasing. Anthropologist here. I cannot agree with this statement. Average height has only increased in the last 1,000 years, but that was because of [the loss of nutrients through agricultural diet starting about 10,000 years ago.]( All humans were foragers before then, and [they had an average height of about 5'5" - 5'9", depending upon their sex.]( Some ethnicities today exceed that average, but not humanity as a whole. Additionally, brawn does not seem to necessarily be shrinking. Anatomically modern humans from the African bottleneck about 140,000 years ago had skeletons which indicate that they were quite slender (and amazing runners). That hasn't changed much, although the range of variation of body sizes has. You would never have seen [these guys]( due to dietary & mobility constraints. On a side note, human brain size has actually been shrinking, but extremely slowly. Neanderthals even had a bigger brain size than anatomically modern humans, but brain size is not exactly correlated with intelligence. The number of neural connections affects the efficiency of a brain, so although our brains are smaller, they are not likely any less efficient than they used to be. [Studies seem to indicate we are actually getting smarter.]( The split between anatomically modern humans and neanderthals was [about 500,000 years ago,]( and yet we're so alike genetically that they had to change the taxonomic naming system for both.

One thousand years (till the advent of Star Citizen lore) would not be significant enough time for the kind of genetic changes you're describing.

ctoombs

Congrats on the new car op! Not trying to burst your bubble but almost any vehicle equipped with the right tires would be good in the winter. For example if your grand cherokee came with "h/t" or street tires, it's about as effective as any Subaru or comparable AWd vehicle. If you truly want to maximize your new vehicles winter performance I would recommend getting a set of dedicated winter tires or fitting some a/t's. I run firestone destination a/t's and they are phenomenal in the wet and snow. TL;dr doesn't matter if you buy "a trail rated jeep" tires make all the difference in the snow for the most part. Not shitting on your purchase just trying to help you get the most out of your new car.

Congrats on the new car op! Not trying to burst your bubble but almost any vehicle equipped with the right tires would be good in the winter. For example if your grand cherokee came with "h/t" or street tires, it's about as effective as any Subaru or comparable AWd vehicle. If you truly want to maximize your new vehicles winter performance I would recommend getting a set of dedicated winter tires or fitting some a/t's. I run firestone destination a/t's and they are phenomenal in the wet and snow. TL;dr doesn't matter if you buy "a trail rated jeep" tires make all the difference in the snow for the most part. Not shitting on your purchase just trying to help you get the most out of your new car.

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Congrats on the new car op! Not trying to burst your bubble but almost any vehicle equipped with the right tires would be good in the winter. For example if your grand cherokee came with "h/t" or street tires, it's about as effective as any Subaru or comparable AWd vehicle. If you truly want to maximize your new vehicles winter performance I would recommend getting a set of dedicated winter tires or fitting some a/t's. I run firestone destination a/t's and they are phenomenal in the wet and snow.

doesn't matter if you buy "a trail rated jeep" tires make all the difference in the snow for the most part. Not shitting on your purchase just trying to help you get the most out of your new car.

jrbk_123

Only complaint I would have is the favorites area -- probably too long. Other than that I don't know that I would change anything really. tl;dr: Yes. Yes it does indeed.

Only complaint I would have is the favorites area -- probably too long. Other than that I don't know that I would change anything really. tl;dr: Yes. Yes it does indeed.

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Only complaint I would have is the favorites area -- probably too long. Other than that I don't know that I would change anything really.

Yes. Yes it does indeed.

xxweednotwar

My brother was in an awful accident, ended up breaking his back and neck. But they said it's good he was so drunk because his body was relaxed or else he would have died. tldr; Driving drunk can save your life.

My brother was in an awful accident, ended up breaking his back and neck. But they said it's good he was so drunk because his body was relaxed or else he would have died. tldr; Driving drunk can save your life.

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My brother was in an awful accident, ended up breaking his back and neck. But they said it's good he was so drunk because his body was relaxed or else he would have died.

Driving drunk can save your life.

Roonweld

I suffer from a family curse. The curse being that sometime between the ages 12-14 the men in my family line knock their front teeth out. It happened to my grandpa, his father, my father, my uncle, and my cousin. This curse dates back generations, and I'm pretty positive the Christmas song , "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth", was made about my family. When I was 13, my mother had just purchased a new house and we were just moving in and getting settled right before the new school year. My little brothers and I were playing dodgeball in the house in our (nearly) empty family room. I know. You aren't suppose to play ball in the house. I bent over to pick a ball up in a particularly heated game of dodgeball, and smacked my face on the only object in the room, a linoleum table. Now, linoleum is hard, it hurts pretty bad when you smash your face into it, trust me on this one. I knocked one of my front teeth completely out, which was about an inch long. And my second tooth I knocked out to my gum line. Tears and screams were had. After getting my teeth "fixed" during emergency dental work, I have had a "chiclet" tooth ever since. It looks like a chiclet, it's a lot whiter than my other teeth and looks ridiculous. When I was 17, they found out my jaw was pushing or rejecting the tooth, and that I would have to eventually get implants for it to look a little bit normal. Im 20 now and went to the dentist 2 weeks ago and I was told that in a years time I should be able to get my grill fixed. I'm pretty self conscious about it, I smile with my mouth closed which doesn't do me any favors. I cover my mouth when I laugh and I mumble sometimes when I talk because I'm so self conscious. An unexpected downside, when sexing woman, as I am one to do when I can find someone willing, I am unsure of how hard I am biting because it feels different than a normal tooth (it's a cap). So I either don't bite hard enough, or I almost bite nipples off. TL;DR: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth. All I want for Christmas is to not make my girlfriends nipples bleed, make my girlfriends nipples bleed.

I suffer from a family curse. The curse being that sometime between the ages 12-14 the men in my family line knock their front teeth out. It happened to my grandpa, his father, my father, my uncle, and my cousin. This curse dates back generations, and I'm pretty positive the Christmas song , "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth", was made about my family. When I was 13, my mother had just purchased a new house and we were just moving in and getting settled right before the new school year. My little brothers and I were playing dodgeball in the house in our (nearly) empty family room. I know. You aren't suppose to play ball in the house. I bent over to pick a ball up in a particularly heated game of dodgeball, and smacked my face on the only object in the room, a linoleum table. Now, linoleum is hard, it hurts pretty bad when you smash your face into it, trust me on this one. I knocked one of my front teeth completely out, which was about an inch long. And my second tooth I knocked out to my gum line. Tears and screams were had. After getting my teeth "fixed" during emergency dental work, I have had a "chiclet" tooth ever since. It looks like a chiclet, it's a lot whiter than my other teeth and looks ridiculous. When I was 17, they found out my jaw was pushing or rejecting the tooth, and that I would have to eventually get implants for it to look a little bit normal. Im 20 now and went to the dentist 2 weeks ago and I was told that in a years time I should be able to get my grill fixed. I'm pretty self conscious about it, I smile with my mouth closed which doesn't do me any favors. I cover my mouth when I laugh and I mumble sometimes when I talk because I'm so self conscious. An unexpected downside, when sexing woman, as I am one to do when I can find someone willing, I am unsure of how hard I am biting because it feels different than a normal tooth (it's a cap). So I either don't bite hard enough, or I almost bite nipples off. TL;DR: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth. All I want for Christmas is to not make my girlfriends nipples bleed, make my girlfriends nipples bleed.

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I suffer from a family curse. The curse being that sometime between the ages 12-14 the men in my family line knock their front teeth out. It happened to my grandpa, his father, my father, my uncle, and my cousin. This curse dates back generations, and I'm pretty positive the Christmas song , "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth", was made about my family. When I was 13, my mother had just purchased a new house and we were just moving in and getting settled right before the new school year. My little brothers and I were playing dodgeball in the house in our (nearly) empty family room. I know. You aren't suppose to play ball in the house. I bent over to pick a ball up in a particularly heated game of dodgeball, and smacked my face on the only object in the room, a linoleum table. Now, linoleum is hard, it hurts pretty bad when you smash your face into it, trust me on this one. I knocked one of my front teeth completely out, which was about an inch long. And my second tooth I knocked out to my gum line. Tears and screams were had. After getting my teeth "fixed" during emergency dental work, I have had a "chiclet" tooth ever since. It looks like a chiclet, it's a lot whiter than my other teeth and looks ridiculous. When I was 17, they found out my jaw was pushing or rejecting the tooth, and that I would have to eventually get implants for it to look a little bit normal. Im 20 now and went to the dentist 2 weeks ago and I was told that in a years time I should be able to get my grill fixed. I'm pretty self conscious about it, I smile with my mouth closed which doesn't do me any favors. I cover my mouth when I laugh and I mumble sometimes when I talk because I'm so self conscious. An unexpected downside, when sexing woman, as I am one to do when I can find someone willing, I am unsure of how hard I am biting because it feels different than a normal tooth (it's a cap). So I either don't bite hard enough, or I almost bite nipples off.

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth. All I want for Christmas is to not make my girlfriends nipples bleed, make my girlfriends nipples bleed.

herc1990

While this well never be seen, I need to share what just happened. I have been browsing this thread while listening/watching Eureka when I came to this post. I enjoy listening to my favorite shows while doing other things because at this point I already know what is going on. The episode I am currently on is season 2 episode 5. While I subconsciously knew what was about to happen from the shows dialogue, I was diverting my attention to your image when all of a sudden Taggart breaks the neck of his robot goose. Watching the gif play out with the overlay of a breaking neck near the end was beyond ridiculous. I doubt that I will ever experience timing like that again in my life. And while it may be distributing to say it, but it was fucking hilarious and it made my day. TL;DR I may be the devil.

While this well never be seen, I need to share what just happened. I have been browsing this thread while listening/watching Eureka when I came to this post. I enjoy listening to my favorite shows while doing other things because at this point I already know what is going on. The episode I am currently on is season 2 episode 5. While I subconsciously knew what was about to happen from the shows dialogue, I was diverting my attention to your image when all of a sudden Taggart breaks the neck of his robot goose. Watching the gif play out with the overlay of a breaking neck near the end was beyond ridiculous. I doubt that I will ever experience timing like that again in my life. And while it may be distributing to say it, but it was fucking hilarious and it made my day. TL;DR I may be the devil.

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While this well never be seen, I need to share what just happened. I have been browsing this thread while listening/watching Eureka when I came to this post. I enjoy listening to my favorite shows while doing other things because at this point I already know what is going on. The episode I am currently on is season 2 episode 5. While I subconsciously knew what was about to happen from the shows dialogue, I was diverting my attention to your image when all of a sudden Taggart breaks the neck of his robot goose. Watching the gif play out with the overlay of a breaking neck near the end was beyond ridiculous. I doubt that I will ever experience timing like that again in my life. And while it may be distributing to say it, but it was fucking hilarious and it made my day.

I may be the devil.

pumpkinrum

I find both men and women sexually attractive. I can develop feelings of love for both parties. I've been in a relationship with both genders. I love boobs. I love the softness of a woman, the way the body is shaped. It's always curvy. Even women who're skinny have in my experience a dip at the waist. A small curve, if you may. I like to have my hands wander over that small curve. The lower back, the way it softly gives way to the ass. I generally love the ass. Spreading it if she's standing on all fours and having the labias poke out at the very bottom. I love how wet a vagina is. It is moist, it's soft. The way the insides feel on your fingers, tongue. I like the smell of a woman. The hair. The femininity. The voice, the way the face is still a female. Soft. The way their hands are. I've been with more tomboyish type of women, but they still hold some sort of femininity and softness that men don't have. And I really love boobs. Why do I like men? I like the stubble. I like the manly scent. I have yet to be with a man that doesn't smell like a man. Rosey perfume on? Still smell like a man beneath that. I've got a dog nose. I can sniff that shit out. The like the angles. The shoulders. Doesn't have to be muscular. The way the chest is formed. It's not like boobs, but it isn't exactly flat either. There's *texture* there. Tissue. You can stick your fingers in. If the guy is trained he can flex his chest and the muscles will go woshh. I like the stomach. There doesn't have to be abs. I just like the way it shapes. How it goes down. It's kind of straight. Not much of a curve like on a woman. But it goes in just a little bit by the hips? If the guy is defined or steroided, you'll see a V there. You can see a small V on guys out of shape. Trailing my fingers there. I like cock. The texture. The balls. What happens when I touch it, suck on it. How it's still smooth but it's still hard. I like the strong legs. The ass. I like the ass. I don't like the view though. A woman is sexier if she stands on all fours (imo), but that's just me. I love the shoulderblades. The back. The jawline. All guys have a jawline, a little defined, or a lot. I like how it gives way to the chin.. I like the little blob they have. I love the hands of a man. The voice. Even feminine sounding guys are still men. They have another type of voice. Do I like my women hairy and with a beard? No I don't want her to have a beard but I don't mind if her legs are unshaven, and if she doesn't wax her vagina. I don't want a bush there though. Nor do I want a bush around a guy's cock. Would I not have sex/be attracted with a man if he dressed like a woman? I haven't been put in that situation ever, but as long as he'd have a penis and a man body, I wouldn't care. I think. I'd have to test. **TL:DR**. I don't know. For me both of them are attractive.

I find both men and women sexually attractive. I can develop feelings of love for both parties. I've been in a relationship with both genders. I love boobs. I love the softness of a woman, the way the body is shaped. It's always curvy. Even women who're skinny have in my experience a dip at the waist. A small curve, if you may. I like to have my hands wander over that small curve. The lower back, the way it softly gives way to the ass. I generally love the ass. Spreading it if she's standing on all fours and having the labias poke out at the very bottom. I love how wet a vagina is. It is moist, it's soft. The way the insides feel on your fingers, tongue. I like the smell of a woman. The hair. The femininity. The voice, the way the face is still a female. Soft. The way their hands are. I've been with more tomboyish type of women, but they still hold some sort of femininity and softness that men don't have. And I really love boobs. Why do I like men? I like the stubble. I like the manly scent. I have yet to be with a man that doesn't smell like a man. Rosey perfume on? Still smell like a man beneath that. I've got a dog nose. I can sniff that shit out. The like the angles. The shoulders. Doesn't have to be muscular. The way the chest is formed. It's not like boobs, but it isn't exactly flat either. There's texture there. Tissue. You can stick your fingers in. If the guy is trained he can flex his chest and the muscles will go woshh. I like the stomach. There doesn't have to be abs. I just like the way it shapes. How it goes down. It's kind of straight. Not much of a curve like on a woman. But it goes in just a little bit by the hips? If the guy is defined or steroided, you'll see a V there. You can see a small V on guys out of shape. Trailing my fingers there. I like cock. The texture. The balls. What happens when I touch it, suck on it. How it's still smooth but it's still hard. I like the strong legs. The ass. I like the ass. I don't like the view though. A woman is sexier if she stands on all fours (imo), but that's just me. I love the shoulderblades. The back. The jawline. All guys have a jawline, a little defined, or a lot. I like how it gives way to the chin.. I like the little blob they have. I love the hands of a man. The voice. Even feminine sounding guys are still men. They have another type of voice. Do I like my women hairy and with a beard? No I don't want her to have a beard but I don't mind if her legs are unshaven, and if she doesn't wax her vagina. I don't want a bush there though. Nor do I want a bush around a guy's cock. Would I not have sex/be attracted with a man if he dressed like a woman? I haven't been put in that situation ever, but as long as he'd have a penis and a man body, I wouldn't care. I think. I'd have to test. TL:DR . I don't know. For me both of them are attractive.

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I find both men and women sexually attractive. I can develop feelings of love for both parties. I've been in a relationship with both genders. I love boobs. I love the softness of a woman, the way the body is shaped. It's always curvy. Even women who're skinny have in my experience a dip at the waist. A small curve, if you may. I like to have my hands wander over that small curve. The lower back, the way it softly gives way to the ass. I generally love the ass. Spreading it if she's standing on all fours and having the labias poke out at the very bottom. I love how wet a vagina is. It is moist, it's soft. The way the insides feel on your fingers, tongue. I like the smell of a woman. The hair. The femininity. The voice, the way the face is still a female. Soft. The way their hands are. I've been with more tomboyish type of women, but they still hold some sort of femininity and softness that men don't have. And I really love boobs. Why do I like men? I like the stubble. I like the manly scent. I have yet to be with a man that doesn't smell like a man. Rosey perfume on? Still smell like a man beneath that. I've got a dog nose. I can sniff that shit out. The like the angles. The shoulders. Doesn't have to be muscular. The way the chest is formed. It's not like boobs, but it isn't exactly flat either. There's texture there. Tissue. You can stick your fingers in. If the guy is trained he can flex his chest and the muscles will go woshh. I like the stomach. There doesn't have to be abs. I just like the way it shapes. How it goes down. It's kind of straight. Not much of a curve like on a woman. But it goes in just a little bit by the hips? If the guy is defined or steroided, you'll see a V there. You can see a small V on guys out of shape. Trailing my fingers there. I like cock. The texture. The balls. What happens when I touch it, suck on it. How it's still smooth but it's still hard. I like the strong legs. The ass. I like the ass. I don't like the view though. A woman is sexier if she stands on all fours (imo), but that's just me. I love the shoulderblades. The back. The jawline. All guys have a jawline, a little defined, or a lot. I like how it gives way to the chin.. I like the little blob they have. I love the hands of a man. The voice. Even feminine sounding guys are still men. They have another type of voice. Do I like my women hairy and with a beard? No I don't want her to have a beard but I don't mind if her legs are unshaven, and if she doesn't wax her vagina. I don't want a bush there though. Nor do I want a bush around a guy's cock. Would I not have sex/be attracted with a man if he dressed like a woman? I haven't been put in that situation ever, but as long as he'd have a penis and a man body, I wouldn't care. I think. I'd have to test.

I don't know. For me both of them are attractive.

lambstailsoup

Supply/demand Example: If there are a hundred sets with say a msrp of 99.99 97 are at 99.99 (or cheaper discount) via amazon or 3PS 2 guys have sets listed from earlier date at 139.99 from a 3PS 1 Joker charges 459.99 for some odd reason Once those first 97 sell out, due to christmas season, the buy box then goes to the 139.99 (which noone will buy) and dosnt go back down until one of the reputable sellers gets the items back in stock. Sad part is, people see that one guy selling his at some absurd price then go "hey, I seen it for 459.99 online!!!" tl;dr Christmas time

Supply/demand Example: If there are a hundred sets with say a msrp of 99.99 97 are at 99.99 (or cheaper discount) via amazon or 3PS 2 guys have sets listed from earlier date at 139.99 from a 3PS 1 Joker charges 459.99 for some odd reason Once those first 97 sell out, due to christmas season, the buy box then goes to the 139.99 (which noone will buy) and dosnt go back down until one of the reputable sellers gets the items back in stock. Sad part is, people see that one guy selling his at some absurd price then go "hey, I seen it for 459.99 online!!!" tl;dr Christmas time

lego

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ce66126

Supply/demand Example: If there are a hundred sets with say a msrp of 99.99 97 are at 99.99 (or cheaper discount) via amazon or 3PS 2 guys have sets listed from earlier date at 139.99 from a 3PS 1 Joker charges 459.99 for some odd reason Once those first 97 sell out, due to christmas season, the buy box then goes to the 139.99 (which noone will buy) and dosnt go back down until one of the reputable sellers gets the items back in stock. Sad part is, people see that one guy selling his at some absurd price then go "hey, I seen it for 459.99 online!!!"

Christmas time

conflare

You'll know if you're getting too much nicotine - dizziness, flushed, maybe a bit of a headache. When I switched to vaping I was smoking a bit under a pack a day, and was vaping 24mg most of the day, except with my morning coffee, which was 36mg. A year later I'm down to 12mg without really trying. TL:DR; don't sweat it, you just quit smoking. Congrats!

You'll know if you're getting too much nicotine - dizziness, flushed, maybe a bit of a headache. When I switched to vaping I was smoking a bit under a pack a day, and was vaping 24mg most of the day, except with my morning coffee, which was 36mg. A year later I'm down to 12mg without really trying. TL:DR; don't sweat it, you just quit smoking. Congrats!

electronic_cigarette

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ce6d8lv

You'll know if you're getting too much nicotine - dizziness, flushed, maybe a bit of a headache. When I switched to vaping I was smoking a bit under a pack a day, and was vaping 24mg most of the day, except with my morning coffee, which was 36mg. A year later I'm down to 12mg without really trying.

don't sweat it, you just quit smoking. Congrats!

ortrigger

Definitely try some different blades. Most people agree that Derby's are pretty dull compared to most other blades. Another thing to remember is this: BBS is not something that is found. It finds you. One day, you will have a particularly good shave, you'll rub your face afterwards, and you will realize that it's BBS. TL;DR Try different blades. Don't push for BBS. It will come with time.

Definitely try some different blades. Most people agree that Derby's are pretty dull compared to most other blades. Another thing to remember is this: BBS is not something that is found. It finds you. One day, you will have a particularly good shave, you'll rub your face afterwards, and you will realize that it's BBS. TL;DR Try different blades. Don't push for BBS. It will come with time.

wicked_edge

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ce6l27r

Definitely try some different blades. Most people agree that Derby's are pretty dull compared to most other blades. Another thing to remember is this: BBS is not something that is found. It finds you. One day, you will have a particularly good shave, you'll rub your face afterwards, and you will realize that it's BBS.

Try different blades. Don't push for BBS. It will come with time.

fatman007

Never a good idea to belittle the own league that you're playing in. If you have good feedback as a player, it is best to contact the league directly. Every game really matters in the season because of seeding and positional advantages. It is very very important to have a regular season to build up hype for the playoffs. Yes, winning Spring LCS playoffs doesn't mean a spot at worlds - however it does mean a ton more exposure and a huge prize pool. It is also a huge moral booster coming into the 2nd split as well. I don't really like how pro players are down playing the importance of LCS Spring Split. So lets talk about the season... People are arguing that 3rd-6th place seed doesn't mean anything, however I would argue otherwise. Seeding gives you the positional advantage against your opponents because if you're the higher seed, you will always play against a team that has less win rate than you on average. There are times when specific teams counter other teams, however overall this system is the best. Teams with higher win percentage should usually win against teams with less. In most tournaments, seeding doesn't secure you a surefire way of winning. It is a good way to try and match the best teams against each other in the finals. It is much more interesting to the viewers when there is a regular season leading to the playoffs. As a professional, YOU HAVE TO WIN when it counts. Everyone thought GGU had 0 chance of winning. GGU won less than half their games and DIG won over 60%. Their record was also 3-1. CRS was also 3-1 against GGU as well. Everything really worked out in GGU's favor because they managed to play really well by the end of the season and CRS/DIG didn't play too well. Higher seed means playing lesser opponents means more money - unless you choke. TLDR: GGU beat both dig and crs in a BO3. Need to win when it counts. I absolutely agree that the amateur scene really needs more support.

Never a good idea to belittle the own league that you're playing in. If you have good feedback as a player, it is best to contact the league directly. Every game really matters in the season because of seeding and positional advantages. It is very very important to have a regular season to build up hype for the playoffs. Yes, winning Spring LCS playoffs doesn't mean a spot at worlds - however it does mean a ton more exposure and a huge prize pool. It is also a huge moral booster coming into the 2nd split as well. I don't really like how pro players are down playing the importance of LCS Spring Split. So lets talk about the season... People are arguing that 3rd-6th place seed doesn't mean anything, however I would argue otherwise. Seeding gives you the positional advantage against your opponents because if you're the higher seed, you will always play against a team that has less win rate than you on average. There are times when specific teams counter other teams, however overall this system is the best. Teams with higher win percentage should usually win against teams with less. In most tournaments, seeding doesn't secure you a surefire way of winning. It is a good way to try and match the best teams against each other in the finals. It is much more interesting to the viewers when there is a regular season leading to the playoffs. As a professional, YOU HAVE TO WIN when it counts. Everyone thought GGU had 0 chance of winning. GGU won less than half their games and DIG won over 60%. Their record was also 3-1. CRS was also 3-1 against GGU as well. Everything really worked out in GGU's favor because they managed to play really well by the end of the season and CRS/DIG didn't play too well. Higher seed means playing lesser opponents means more money - unless you choke. TLDR: GGU beat both dig and crs in a BO3. Need to win when it counts. I absolutely agree that the amateur scene really needs more support.

leagueoflegends

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ce6s40x

Never a good idea to belittle the own league that you're playing in. If you have good feedback as a player, it is best to contact the league directly. Every game really matters in the season because of seeding and positional advantages. It is very very important to have a regular season to build up hype for the playoffs. Yes, winning Spring LCS playoffs doesn't mean a spot at worlds - however it does mean a ton more exposure and a huge prize pool. It is also a huge moral booster coming into the 2nd split as well. I don't really like how pro players are down playing the importance of LCS Spring Split. So lets talk about the season... People are arguing that 3rd-6th place seed doesn't mean anything, however I would argue otherwise. Seeding gives you the positional advantage against your opponents because if you're the higher seed, you will always play against a team that has less win rate than you on average. There are times when specific teams counter other teams, however overall this system is the best. Teams with higher win percentage should usually win against teams with less. In most tournaments, seeding doesn't secure you a surefire way of winning. It is a good way to try and match the best teams against each other in the finals. It is much more interesting to the viewers when there is a regular season leading to the playoffs. As a professional, YOU HAVE TO WIN when it counts. Everyone thought GGU had 0 chance of winning. GGU won less than half their games and DIG won over 60%. Their record was also 3-1. CRS was also 3-1 against GGU as well. Everything really worked out in GGU's favor because they managed to play really well by the end of the season and CRS/DIG didn't play too well. Higher seed means playing lesser opponents means more money - unless you choke.

GGU beat both dig and crs in a BO3. Need to win when it counts. I absolutely agree that the amateur scene really needs more support.

username303

**OFFICIAL NOOB-WARFARE DISCUSSION** ^^WE ^^&lt;3 ^^OUR ^^NOOBS --- EDIT: when I say useful/useless, these are not the words I want to use. I cant think of better words, please help! --- Edit 2: there is other content in this post, dont just get stuck on this discussion! --- The title seems daunting, but I can promise you, we want to be very noob friendly. It would be helpful if everyone could keep noob related suggestions separate here (as in reply to this comment), so that we can discuss them at length. You may have noticed that we tried instituting a weekly question tread last monday, and it went not-so-well. This thread was in response to what we saw as a rising number of "useless threads" coming from new members of the community who were new to game maker as well. Now, I want to clarify that I LOVE that we are having new members join and I want to be there to help them grow and learn game development. HOWEVER, the recent posts that I have been seeing have not been up to par with what I had hoped for this community. I want this to be a place where the threads promote discussion and learning (similar to /r/gamedev). but I also want this to be an open place where people of any experience level are welcome. the WQT was our first attempt at moving towards this and you could say it needs some improvement. for clarification, the way I look at it, a "useless thread" is one that does not promote discussion or provide some sort of news or information. the most notable example of this are "question threads" that ask a small, easy question that can be answered by one person and 3 lines of code OR 15 minutes of googling tops. situations like "my code doesn't work!" where the solution is simply an if statement needing to be an if-else statement are an example of this. the problem is, I can't delete a thread like this because the submitter will never learn then. but if I leave the thread, it gets a comment with the solution, and then it dies. There's nothing to discuss. the thread is useless. I'd like to see less of these threads, not only for my own sanity, but also because i think they make this subreddit look a bit less professional than I believe it is. We have a ton of smart game makers here, who dont post all that often (because the dont run into problems). So, what do we do? do you guys even think its a problem, or am I alone here? how can we encourage more discussion? how can we help new users quickly and easily without needing a whole thread for 2 comments? TL;DR we got noobs, is that bad? what do we do with em?

OFFICIAL NOOB-WARFARE DISCUSSION ^^WE ^^<3 ^^OUR ^^NOOBS EDIT: when I say useful/useless, these are not the words I want to use. I cant think of better words, please help! Edit 2: there is other content in this post, dont just get stuck on this discussion! The title seems daunting, but I can promise you, we want to be very noob friendly. It would be helpful if everyone could keep noob related suggestions separate here (as in reply to this comment), so that we can discuss them at length. You may have noticed that we tried instituting a weekly question tread last monday, and it went not-so-well. This thread was in response to what we saw as a rising number of "useless threads" coming from new members of the community who were new to game maker as well. Now, I want to clarify that I LOVE that we are having new members join and I want to be there to help them grow and learn game development. HOWEVER, the recent posts that I have been seeing have not been up to par with what I had hoped for this community. I want this to be a place where the threads promote discussion and learning (similar to /r/gamedev). but I also want this to be an open place where people of any experience level are welcome. the WQT was our first attempt at moving towards this and you could say it needs some improvement. for clarification, the way I look at it, a "useless thread" is one that does not promote discussion or provide some sort of news or information. the most notable example of this are "question threads" that ask a small, easy question that can be answered by one person and 3 lines of code OR 15 minutes of googling tops. situations like "my code doesn't work!" where the solution is simply an if statement needing to be an if-else statement are an example of this. the problem is, I can't delete a thread like this because the submitter will never learn then. but if I leave the thread, it gets a comment with the solution, and then it dies. There's nothing to discuss. the thread is useless. I'd like to see less of these threads, not only for my own sanity, but also because i think they make this subreddit look a bit less professional than I believe it is. We have a ton of smart game makers here, who dont post all that often (because the dont run into problems). So, what do we do? do you guys even think its a problem, or am I alone here? how can we encourage more discussion? how can we help new users quickly and easily without needing a whole thread for 2 comments? TL;DR we got noobs, is that bad? what do we do with em?

gamemaker

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ce6voo9

OFFICIAL NOOB-WARFARE DISCUSSION ^^WE ^^<3 ^^OUR ^^NOOBS EDIT: when I say useful/useless, these are not the words I want to use. I cant think of better words, please help! Edit 2: there is other content in this post, dont just get stuck on this discussion! The title seems daunting, but I can promise you, we want to be very noob friendly. It would be helpful if everyone could keep noob related suggestions separate here (as in reply to this comment), so that we can discuss them at length. You may have noticed that we tried instituting a weekly question tread last monday, and it went not-so-well. This thread was in response to what we saw as a rising number of "useless threads" coming from new members of the community who were new to game maker as well. Now, I want to clarify that I LOVE that we are having new members join and I want to be there to help them grow and learn game development. HOWEVER, the recent posts that I have been seeing have not been up to par with what I had hoped for this community. I want this to be a place where the threads promote discussion and learning (similar to /r/gamedev). but I also want this to be an open place where people of any experience level are welcome. the WQT was our first attempt at moving towards this and you could say it needs some improvement. for clarification, the way I look at it, a "useless thread" is one that does not promote discussion or provide some sort of news or information. the most notable example of this are "question threads" that ask a small, easy question that can be answered by one person and 3 lines of code OR 15 minutes of googling tops. situations like "my code doesn't work!" where the solution is simply an if statement needing to be an if-else statement are an example of this. the problem is, I can't delete a thread like this because the submitter will never learn then. but if I leave the thread, it gets a comment with the solution, and then it dies. There's nothing to discuss. the thread is useless. I'd like to see less of these threads, not only for my own sanity, but also because i think they make this subreddit look a bit less professional than I believe it is. We have a ton of smart game makers here, who dont post all that often (because the dont run into problems). So, what do we do? do you guys even think its a problem, or am I alone here? how can we encourage more discussion? how can we help new users quickly and easily without needing a whole thread for 2 comments?

we got noobs, is that bad? what do we do with em?

thebosz

I think what we could do is to male sure that *any* question can be asked. Maybe the official policy is that there is no such thing as a bad question. If we go out of our way to let new users know that we value them, then they're more likely to interact, gain wisdom and be able and willing to help other new people. I, personally, hate going to a new forum and feeling like there's no way to join because it's an elite group. The worst is when people respond to simple questions with "Read the FAQ" or other... Terse answers. Most often, the new user has tried to figure it out for themselves and is unable to understand what might seem obvious to more experienced minds. I suggest we modify the rules to make it explicit that we welcome all requests for help (within reason, of course). Doing so might lead to more posts than we currently get, but is that a bad thing? If I'm reading and I don't care about, I just skip over it. The only problem I see is that with an increase in users and posts, there's more mod work to do. Tl, dr: encourage new people and they'll turn into great contributors.

I think what we could do is to male sure that any question can be asked. Maybe the official policy is that there is no such thing as a bad question. If we go out of our way to let new users know that we value them, then they're more likely to interact, gain wisdom and be able and willing to help other new people. I, personally, hate going to a new forum and feeling like there's no way to join because it's an elite group. The worst is when people respond to simple questions with "Read the FAQ" or other... Terse answers. Most often, the new user has tried to figure it out for themselves and is unable to understand what might seem obvious to more experienced minds. I suggest we modify the rules to make it explicit that we welcome all requests for help (within reason, of course). Doing so might lead to more posts than we currently get, but is that a bad thing? If I'm reading and I don't care about, I just skip over it. The only problem I see is that with an increase in users and posts, there's more mod work to do. Tl, dr: encourage new people and they'll turn into great contributors.

gamemaker

t5_2qw2g

ce6y7hr

I think what we could do is to male sure that any question can be asked. Maybe the official policy is that there is no such thing as a bad question. If we go out of our way to let new users know that we value them, then they're more likely to interact, gain wisdom and be able and willing to help other new people. I, personally, hate going to a new forum and feeling like there's no way to join because it's an elite group. The worst is when people respond to simple questions with "Read the FAQ" or other... Terse answers. Most often, the new user has tried to figure it out for themselves and is unable to understand what might seem obvious to more experienced minds. I suggest we modify the rules to make it explicit that we welcome all requests for help (within reason, of course). Doing so might lead to more posts than we currently get, but is that a bad thing? If I'm reading and I don't care about, I just skip over it. The only problem I see is that with an increase in users and posts, there's more mod work to do.

encourage new people and they'll turn into great contributors.

thebigpink

Did the same thing, ran SL for 5 months, then ran GSLP for 5 months, then ran a cycle of madcow after. On 12th week of MC and almost done, was going to go into PHAT or a PPL for a little while because my upper body is lagging behind. Even on madcow I added a load of volume on isolations and still feel like its lagging behind. Found a good PPL and going to run it for a few months, then switch to 5/3/1 BBB when I begin bulking again and run that until whenever. A lot of people believe in periodization training like train strength for 5 mo. and hyper for 5 months and so forth and so on. Just give it a few months. tldr ; SL /SS -&gt; GSLP 3x5 -&gt; MC5x5 -&gt; PPL &gt;- 5/3/1 BBB

Did the same thing, ran SL for 5 months, then ran GSLP for 5 months, then ran a cycle of madcow after. On 12th week of MC and almost done, was going to go into PHAT or a PPL for a little while because my upper body is lagging behind. Even on madcow I added a load of volume on isolations and still feel like its lagging behind. Found a good PPL and going to run it for a few months, then switch to 5/3/1 BBB when I begin bulking again and run that until whenever. A lot of people believe in periodization training like train strength for 5 mo. and hyper for 5 months and so forth and so on. Just give it a few months. tldr ; SL /SS -> GSLP 3x5 -> MC5x5 -> PPL >- 5/3/1 BBB

Fitness

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ce79z4t

Did the same thing, ran SL for 5 months, then ran GSLP for 5 months, then ran a cycle of madcow after. On 12th week of MC and almost done, was going to go into PHAT or a PPL for a little while because my upper body is lagging behind. Even on madcow I added a load of volume on isolations and still feel like its lagging behind. Found a good PPL and going to run it for a few months, then switch to 5/3/1 BBB when I begin bulking again and run that until whenever. A lot of people believe in periodization training like train strength for 5 mo. and hyper for 5 months and so forth and so on. Just give it a few months.

SL /SS -> GSLP 3x5 -> MC5x5 -> PPL >- 5/3/1 BBB

yespls

When I was in my early 20s, I could eat gluten just fine. I didn't even know I was sick. I started to have serious issues with food when I was around 25 and was diagnosed with IBS. I tried every drug to make my body like me again. Finally, when I was 29 and at my wits end, I went to an allergist for an unrelated issue - we found I had a problem with wheat. When she talked to me further about it, she referred me to a gastroenterologist who did the happy fun camera dance and there it was - celiac. Tl;dr damage is progressive, just bc you don't feel it now doesn't mean you won't in 10 years

When I was in my early 20s, I could eat gluten just fine. I didn't even know I was sick. I started to have serious issues with food when I was around 25 and was diagnosed with IBS. I tried every drug to make my body like me again. Finally, when I was 29 and at my wits end, I went to an allergist for an unrelated issue - we found I had a problem with wheat. When she talked to me further about it, she referred me to a gastroenterologist who did the happy fun camera dance and there it was - celiac. Tl;dr damage is progressive, just bc you don't feel it now doesn't mean you won't in 10 years

glutenfree

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When I was in my early 20s, I could eat gluten just fine. I didn't even know I was sick. I started to have serious issues with food when I was around 25 and was diagnosed with IBS. I tried every drug to make my body like me again. Finally, when I was 29 and at my wits end, I went to an allergist for an unrelated issue - we found I had a problem with wheat. When she talked to me further about it, she referred me to a gastroenterologist who did the happy fun camera dance and there it was - celiac.

damage is progressive, just bc you don't feel it now doesn't mean you won't in 10 years

kelsitear

My SO was really good a pacing our relationship and holding out on certain things until he really meant them. He didn't call me beautiful for the longest time, but when he did, my heart turned to the inside of a Lindor truffle. I knew. Physically, he cuddled me when I had really bad cramps. He was nice about me holding onto my heating pad and body pillow more than him. He just held me and I knew. Sexually, he was and is amazing. Not only was he my first and pretty chill about everything, but he also has proven again and again that I can rely on him. When a condom broke and time stood still, he was collected and took me to pick up plan B. When I got my IUD, he went with me to the Doctor for my check-up. More notably, he went with both my parents there because they went to the hospital that day for insurance forms. When I met up with my SO after my appointment, he was there sitting with my father talking about military stuff. He offered me a bite of his nutty bar, and I knew. TL;DR: He said only the things he meant, he took care of me when I was crampy, and he was a reliable sexual partner.

My SO was really good a pacing our relationship and holding out on certain things until he really meant them. He didn't call me beautiful for the longest time, but when he did, my heart turned to the inside of a Lindor truffle. I knew. Physically, he cuddled me when I had really bad cramps. He was nice about me holding onto my heating pad and body pillow more than him. He just held me and I knew. Sexually, he was and is amazing. Not only was he my first and pretty chill about everything, but he also has proven again and again that I can rely on him. When a condom broke and time stood still, he was collected and took me to pick up plan B. When I got my IUD, he went with me to the Doctor for my check-up. More notably, he went with both my parents there because they went to the hospital that day for insurance forms. When I met up with my SO after my appointment, he was there sitting with my father talking about military stuff. He offered me a bite of his nutty bar, and I knew. TL;DR: He said only the things he meant, he took care of me when I was crampy, and he was a reliable sexual partner.

AskReddit

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ce7emj6

My SO was really good a pacing our relationship and holding out on certain things until he really meant them. He didn't call me beautiful for the longest time, but when he did, my heart turned to the inside of a Lindor truffle. I knew. Physically, he cuddled me when I had really bad cramps. He was nice about me holding onto my heating pad and body pillow more than him. He just held me and I knew. Sexually, he was and is amazing. Not only was he my first and pretty chill about everything, but he also has proven again and again that I can rely on him. When a condom broke and time stood still, he was collected and took me to pick up plan B. When I got my IUD, he went with me to the Doctor for my check-up. More notably, he went with both my parents there because they went to the hospital that day for insurance forms. When I met up with my SO after my appointment, he was there sitting with my father talking about military stuff. He offered me a bite of his nutty bar, and I knew.

He said only the things he meant, he took care of me when I was crampy, and he was a reliable sexual partner.

MrGlitch890

Intelligence doesn't play into it as far as I can tell. Don't get me wrong, when taken by a rational mind most (if not all) religious claims are absurd. That doesn't mean that the people that hold these beliefs are stupid. There are many intelligent people who hold very fundamental religious beliefs, and many unintelligent atheists. So there has to something else going on here. I think the cause is our amazing ability to partition our thoughts (I'm sure this wasn't my original idea, don't know a source though). I'm convinced that when looked at objectively and without assumptions religion falls very, very short. But that's the thing, religion has a built in no thinking clause: faith. Faith is basically thinking or believing in something without a good reason, and is obviously a terrible way of thinking anywhere outside of religion. You are rewarded for not questioning, it's genius really. TL DR: religious views or lack of have nothing to do with intelligence. It is entirely about indoctrination, and the fact that faith is seen as a good thing. The religious are victims, not monsters.

Intelligence doesn't play into it as far as I can tell. Don't get me wrong, when taken by a rational mind most (if not all) religious claims are absurd. That doesn't mean that the people that hold these beliefs are stupid. There are many intelligent people who hold very fundamental religious beliefs, and many unintelligent atheists. So there has to something else going on here. I think the cause is our amazing ability to partition our thoughts (I'm sure this wasn't my original idea, don't know a source though). I'm convinced that when looked at objectively and without assumptions religion falls very, very short. But that's the thing, religion has a built in no thinking clause: faith. Faith is basically thinking or believing in something without a good reason, and is obviously a terrible way of thinking anywhere outside of religion. You are rewarded for not questioning, it's genius really. TL DR: religious views or lack of have nothing to do with intelligence. It is entirely about indoctrination, and the fact that faith is seen as a good thing. The religious are victims, not monsters.

atheism

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ce7jltu

Intelligence doesn't play into it as far as I can tell. Don't get me wrong, when taken by a rational mind most (if not all) religious claims are absurd. That doesn't mean that the people that hold these beliefs are stupid. There are many intelligent people who hold very fundamental religious beliefs, and many unintelligent atheists. So there has to something else going on here. I think the cause is our amazing ability to partition our thoughts (I'm sure this wasn't my original idea, don't know a source though). I'm convinced that when looked at objectively and without assumptions religion falls very, very short. But that's the thing, religion has a built in no thinking clause: faith. Faith is basically thinking or believing in something without a good reason, and is obviously a terrible way of thinking anywhere outside of religion. You are rewarded for not questioning, it's genius really.

religious views or lack of have nothing to do with intelligence. It is entirely about indoctrination, and the fact that faith is seen as a good thing. The religious are victims, not monsters.

BluntHeart

Do you take allergy meds? If so, what kind? Do you groom your cat? How often? Have you considered allergy therapy? I am also allergic to cats. So is my roommate, but with brushing we don't have any reactions. When I visit my parents, they don't brush their cat, just some non-drowsy antihistamines clears it up. Unless you are having full blown anaphylaxis, it isn't that serious. TL;DR You can work around this if you are willing to put in the effort.

Do you take allergy meds? If so, what kind? Do you groom your cat? How often? Have you considered allergy therapy? I am also allergic to cats. So is my roommate, but with brushing we don't have any reactions. When I visit my parents, they don't brush their cat, just some non-drowsy antihistamines clears it up. Unless you are having full blown anaphylaxis, it isn't that serious. TL;DR You can work around this if you are willing to put in the effort.

InlandEmpire

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ce7tgng

Do you take allergy meds? If so, what kind? Do you groom your cat? How often? Have you considered allergy therapy? I am also allergic to cats. So is my roommate, but with brushing we don't have any reactions. When I visit my parents, they don't brush their cat, just some non-drowsy antihistamines clears it up. Unless you are having full blown anaphylaxis, it isn't that serious.

You can work around this if you are willing to put in the effort.

jigielnik

This. Top Gear is my favorite, but I don't dislike Fifth Gear at all, and wouldn't need motivation like a new host to want to watch it. Truthfully, Fifth Gear tickles a totally different nerve for me than Top Gear does. Top Gear is a wholly unique experiment in television that combines a news magazine, a reality show and explosions. Fifth Gear is just a car magazine put on television, and I love getting the more in-depth reviews covering the more realistic features of a car in a way that still manages to be interesting. I also get a real kick out of the "beer money substitute" cars they show every week on Fifth Gear. **TL;DR: Nice try, Tiff. We're on to you.**

This. Top Gear is my favorite, but I don't dislike Fifth Gear at all, and wouldn't need motivation like a new host to want to watch it. Truthfully, Fifth Gear tickles a totally different nerve for me than Top Gear does. Top Gear is a wholly unique experiment in television that combines a news magazine, a reality show and explosions. Fifth Gear is just a car magazine put on television, and I love getting the more in-depth reviews covering the more realistic features of a car in a way that still manages to be interesting. I also get a real kick out of the "beer money substitute" cars they show every week on Fifth Gear. TL;DR: Nice try, Tiff. We're on to you.

TopGear

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ce7xoul

This. Top Gear is my favorite, but I don't dislike Fifth Gear at all, and wouldn't need motivation like a new host to want to watch it. Truthfully, Fifth Gear tickles a totally different nerve for me than Top Gear does. Top Gear is a wholly unique experiment in television that combines a news magazine, a reality show and explosions. Fifth Gear is just a car magazine put on television, and I love getting the more in-depth reviews covering the more realistic features of a car in a way that still manages to be interesting. I also get a real kick out of the "beer money substitute" cars they show every week on Fifth Gear.

Nice try, Tiff. We're on to you.

opmrcrab

I shot a man for gloves once, man up bro. Tables turned he would have maybe killed you, granted you will never know, but more over you didnt have to find out. This is a game of necesity (aka survival), the man i killed for gloves was heading for the balota bases (for guns, what else, i doubt it was for matching shoes...), and in that situation my friend needed that gun more than he did. The best you can do, wish him a good respawn, after all it wasnt personal it was simply a matter of life or death. TL;DR: You needed those beans, if you lived even 5 minutes longer for having them, it was a worth while kill.

I shot a man for gloves once, man up bro. Tables turned he would have maybe killed you, granted you will never know, but more over you didnt have to find out. This is a game of necesity (aka survival), the man i killed for gloves was heading for the balota bases (for guns, what else, i doubt it was for matching shoes...), and in that situation my friend needed that gun more than he did. The best you can do, wish him a good respawn, after all it wasnt personal it was simply a matter of life or death. TL;DR: You needed those beans, if you lived even 5 minutes longer for having them, it was a worth while kill.

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I shot a man for gloves once, man up bro. Tables turned he would have maybe killed you, granted you will never know, but more over you didnt have to find out. This is a game of necesity (aka survival), the man i killed for gloves was heading for the balota bases (for guns, what else, i doubt it was for matching shoes...), and in that situation my friend needed that gun more than he did. The best you can do, wish him a good respawn, after all it wasnt personal it was simply a matter of life or death.

You needed those beans, if you lived even 5 minutes longer for having them, it was a worth while kill.

j8sadm632b

He's easily my favorite analyst. I don't know what it is but he just seems to have instant chemistry with pretty much anyone. I don't think I'd heard Zyori cast before yesterday but despite the games being pretty underwhelming, he and Synderen managed to make it some of the most entertaining Dota I've seen recently. And he's the only person I've seen cocast with Tobi where it doesn't seem at least a *little* awkward. TL;DR: He's the gold standard of cocasters. Completely unparalleled.

He's easily my favorite analyst. I don't know what it is but he just seems to have instant chemistry with pretty much anyone. I don't think I'd heard Zyori cast before yesterday but despite the games being pretty underwhelming, he and Synderen managed to make it some of the most entertaining Dota I've seen recently. And he's the only person I've seen cocast with Tobi where it doesn't seem at least a little awkward. TL;DR: He's the gold standard of cocasters. Completely unparalleled.

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He's easily my favorite analyst. I don't know what it is but he just seems to have instant chemistry with pretty much anyone. I don't think I'd heard Zyori cast before yesterday but despite the games being pretty underwhelming, he and Synderen managed to make it some of the most entertaining Dota I've seen recently. And he's the only person I've seen cocast with Tobi where it doesn't seem at least a little awkward.

He's the gold standard of cocasters. Completely unparalleled.

Warg60

A cruise ship had been taken over by a Swinger group for a week. The top deck front bar / nightclub area had been converted to a play room filled with mattresses. So it was the last night and the play room was going to see a lot of action. The wife and I arrive just before the "peak" time and got our pick of a particularly nice spot. So this place is pretty dark, everything done to make it sexy and intimate, also very quiet, except for the odd groan or two; the only way to describe the hush, is to say its like a large cathedral, full of people all whispering very quietly and reverently so as not to spoil the atmospheric environment. So having found our spot, we start kissing and stripping; now the mattresses are very comfortably, but to make up the double bed size, they have pushed two single mattress together. Now we have had a fair bit to drink, and we like to take our time, so we have been at for about half an hour, and the place has filled up, except for the two beds adjacent to us. So we are getting really into it, lots of naughtiness, swapping positions and the like, when the mattresses start to move apart. Suddenly, I fall down between the two mattresses. Now I start laughing, the wife starts laughing, but we are trying not to make a noise that will put the other couples off their fucking. Naturally this makes it worse, and by now we are giggling maniacs, the wife stuffs her knickers in my mouth to gag me, and I'm now pretty much rolling on the floor with hysterical laughter. Well that's it, we just can't get our act together and tears are running down our cheeks as we desperately try to act like we are having intercourse, including appropriate noises. I don't think we fooled anyone as although the place was totally full with lots of couples standing around, no one would use either of the beds beside us. So, by now were totally past it, we both have noisily fake orgasms, we grab our clothes and stagger out, still giggling. We went back to the cabin, where we both had very intense and explosive orgasms. TL;DR You can do anything in a swingers sex club, providing you don't start giggling.

A cruise ship had been taken over by a Swinger group for a week. The top deck front bar / nightclub area had been converted to a play room filled with mattresses. So it was the last night and the play room was going to see a lot of action. The wife and I arrive just before the "peak" time and got our pick of a particularly nice spot. So this place is pretty dark, everything done to make it sexy and intimate, also very quiet, except for the odd groan or two; the only way to describe the hush, is to say its like a large cathedral, full of people all whispering very quietly and reverently so as not to spoil the atmospheric environment. So having found our spot, we start kissing and stripping; now the mattresses are very comfortably, but to make up the double bed size, they have pushed two single mattress together. Now we have had a fair bit to drink, and we like to take our time, so we have been at for about half an hour, and the place has filled up, except for the two beds adjacent to us. So we are getting really into it, lots of naughtiness, swapping positions and the like, when the mattresses start to move apart. Suddenly, I fall down between the two mattresses. Now I start laughing, the wife starts laughing, but we are trying not to make a noise that will put the other couples off their fucking. Naturally this makes it worse, and by now we are giggling maniacs, the wife stuffs her knickers in my mouth to gag me, and I'm now pretty much rolling on the floor with hysterical laughter. Well that's it, we just can't get our act together and tears are running down our cheeks as we desperately try to act like we are having intercourse, including appropriate noises. I don't think we fooled anyone as although the place was totally full with lots of couples standing around, no one would use either of the beds beside us. So, by now were totally past it, we both have noisily fake orgasms, we grab our clothes and stagger out, still giggling. We went back to the cabin, where we both had very intense and explosive orgasms. TL;DR You can do anything in a swingers sex club, providing you don't start giggling.

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A cruise ship had been taken over by a Swinger group for a week. The top deck front bar / nightclub area had been converted to a play room filled with mattresses. So it was the last night and the play room was going to see a lot of action. The wife and I arrive just before the "peak" time and got our pick of a particularly nice spot. So this place is pretty dark, everything done to make it sexy and intimate, also very quiet, except for the odd groan or two; the only way to describe the hush, is to say its like a large cathedral, full of people all whispering very quietly and reverently so as not to spoil the atmospheric environment. So having found our spot, we start kissing and stripping; now the mattresses are very comfortably, but to make up the double bed size, they have pushed two single mattress together. Now we have had a fair bit to drink, and we like to take our time, so we have been at for about half an hour, and the place has filled up, except for the two beds adjacent to us. So we are getting really into it, lots of naughtiness, swapping positions and the like, when the mattresses start to move apart. Suddenly, I fall down between the two mattresses. Now I start laughing, the wife starts laughing, but we are trying not to make a noise that will put the other couples off their fucking. Naturally this makes it worse, and by now we are giggling maniacs, the wife stuffs her knickers in my mouth to gag me, and I'm now pretty much rolling on the floor with hysterical laughter. Well that's it, we just can't get our act together and tears are running down our cheeks as we desperately try to act like we are having intercourse, including appropriate noises. I don't think we fooled anyone as although the place was totally full with lots of couples standing around, no one would use either of the beds beside us. So, by now were totally past it, we both have noisily fake orgasms, we grab our clothes and stagger out, still giggling. We went back to the cabin, where we both had very intense and explosive orgasms.

You can do anything in a swingers sex club, providing you don't start giggling.

anonps

Posted this in a different thread and it got buried.. Here goes encase this one takes off: I took a girl back when I was absolutely mortal drunk. She proclaims to me when we were walking back to my place after the taxi ride that she was a virgin.. She has an awesome body.. Not much of a rack and wore glasses.. All in all I would of probably smashed her senseless if she wasn't a virgin. Anyhow.. We start foreplay and things go from bad to horrendous with in a matter of seconds.. I'm wearing a condom about to take her to boomtown and try and slot it in.. She's really nervous and self conscious but I try to reassure her that everything will be okay. I'm pretty sure my dick went in for about 2 pumps but it hurt too much and there was blood.. She woke me up at 7am asking for a taxi.. I rang a taxi and the operator on the phone asked "what name is the taxi for" I just froze.. Nothing.. I couldn't remember her name.. "Errrr.. Amy?" She looked so disappointed and didn't say another word before leaving the house.. Amy.. Or what ever your name is.. I'm sorry x Tldr - don't fuck a virgin on a one night stand

Posted this in a different thread and it got buried.. Here goes encase this one takes off: I took a girl back when I was absolutely mortal drunk. She proclaims to me when we were walking back to my place after the taxi ride that she was a virgin.. She has an awesome body.. Not much of a rack and wore glasses.. All in all I would of probably smashed her senseless if she wasn't a virgin. Anyhow.. We start foreplay and things go from bad to horrendous with in a matter of seconds.. I'm wearing a condom about to take her to boomtown and try and slot it in.. She's really nervous and self conscious but I try to reassure her that everything will be okay. I'm pretty sure my dick went in for about 2 pumps but it hurt too much and there was blood.. She woke me up at 7am asking for a taxi.. I rang a taxi and the operator on the phone asked "what name is the taxi for" I just froze.. Nothing.. I couldn't remember her name.. "Errrr.. Amy?" She looked so disappointed and didn't say another word before leaving the house.. Amy.. Or what ever your name is.. I'm sorry x Tldr - don't fuck a virgin on a one night stand

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Posted this in a different thread and it got buried.. Here goes encase this one takes off: I took a girl back when I was absolutely mortal drunk. She proclaims to me when we were walking back to my place after the taxi ride that she was a virgin.. She has an awesome body.. Not much of a rack and wore glasses.. All in all I would of probably smashed her senseless if she wasn't a virgin. Anyhow.. We start foreplay and things go from bad to horrendous with in a matter of seconds.. I'm wearing a condom about to take her to boomtown and try and slot it in.. She's really nervous and self conscious but I try to reassure her that everything will be okay. I'm pretty sure my dick went in for about 2 pumps but it hurt too much and there was blood.. She woke me up at 7am asking for a taxi.. I rang a taxi and the operator on the phone asked "what name is the taxi for" I just froze.. Nothing.. I couldn't remember her name.. "Errrr.. Amy?" She looked so disappointed and didn't say another word before leaving the house.. Amy.. Or what ever your name is.. I'm sorry x

don't fuck a virgin on a one night stand

The_Adventurist

It used to be more true, the world of hip hop has broadened significantly over the years. Now you've got artists like Kanye West (love him or hate him) who are trying to move the medium into his concept of high art or someone like Tyler the Creator who basically just tries to work out his sexual identity, frustrations with the media, and self-destructive tendencies through horror movie-like beats. Country music, to me, has done the opposite over the years and become narrower and narrower (as evidenced by this video). The topics are the same, the lyrics are almost mad-libs versions of other songs, and the style makes many of them indecipherable from each other. Of course, there is a strong indie/alt country scene that does new and interesting things, but that's what indie/alt scenes DO and it's pointless to point to them as a savior of country music when they are still not part of the mainstream. **tl;dr: Rap/hip-hop has stylistically expanded over the years, country music has narrowed.**

It used to be more true, the world of hip hop has broadened significantly over the years. Now you've got artists like Kanye West (love him or hate him) who are trying to move the medium into his concept of high art or someone like Tyler the Creator who basically just tries to work out his sexual identity, frustrations with the media, and self-destructive tendencies through horror movie-like beats. Country music, to me, has done the opposite over the years and become narrower and narrower (as evidenced by this video). The topics are the same, the lyrics are almost mad-libs versions of other songs, and the style makes many of them indecipherable from each other. Of course, there is a strong indie/alt country scene that does new and interesting things, but that's what indie/alt scenes DO and it's pointless to point to them as a savior of country music when they are still not part of the mainstream. tl;dr: Rap/hip-hop has stylistically expanded over the years, country music has narrowed.

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It used to be more true, the world of hip hop has broadened significantly over the years. Now you've got artists like Kanye West (love him or hate him) who are trying to move the medium into his concept of high art or someone like Tyler the Creator who basically just tries to work out his sexual identity, frustrations with the media, and self-destructive tendencies through horror movie-like beats. Country music, to me, has done the opposite over the years and become narrower and narrower (as evidenced by this video). The topics are the same, the lyrics are almost mad-libs versions of other songs, and the style makes many of them indecipherable from each other. Of course, there is a strong indie/alt country scene that does new and interesting things, but that's what indie/alt scenes DO and it's pointless to point to them as a savior of country music when they are still not part of the mainstream.

Rap/hip-hop has stylistically expanded over the years, country music has narrowed.

Dreadgoat

There's a reason people say "I like everything except Rap and Country" The "pop strategy" works wonderfully for a lot of genres of music, and you can get legitimately good, diverse, enjoyable stuff by following the simple set of pop rules when writing a song. I could listen to poppy electronica, poppy rock, poppy easy listening, poppy pop music all day. It's simple and it all follows the same writing strategy and rules, but it sounds good and can be shaken up enough that it is entertaining. Rap and Country are both very lyrically driven and "the story" is very important. Pop strategy is to completely sacrifice the story in favor of the hook, rhythm, and tempo. So it doesn't work. Rap and Country demand songwriters that are actually invested in what they are saying, build a song around their story (instead of the other way around), and try to make you think instead of just dance. **tl;dr**: Country/Rap are farmed for cash, just like every other style of music, but the principles of the genres are aligned such that common music farming methods will always have a weak yield.

There's a reason people say "I like everything except Rap and Country" The "pop strategy" works wonderfully for a lot of genres of music, and you can get legitimately good, diverse, enjoyable stuff by following the simple set of pop rules when writing a song. I could listen to poppy electronica, poppy rock, poppy easy listening, poppy pop music all day. It's simple and it all follows the same writing strategy and rules, but it sounds good and can be shaken up enough that it is entertaining. Rap and Country are both very lyrically driven and "the story" is very important. Pop strategy is to completely sacrifice the story in favor of the hook, rhythm, and tempo. So it doesn't work. Rap and Country demand songwriters that are actually invested in what they are saying, build a song around their story (instead of the other way around), and try to make you think instead of just dance. tl;dr : Country/Rap are farmed for cash, just like every other style of music, but the principles of the genres are aligned such that common music farming methods will always have a weak yield.

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There's a reason people say "I like everything except Rap and Country" The "pop strategy" works wonderfully for a lot of genres of music, and you can get legitimately good, diverse, enjoyable stuff by following the simple set of pop rules when writing a song. I could listen to poppy electronica, poppy rock, poppy easy listening, poppy pop music all day. It's simple and it all follows the same writing strategy and rules, but it sounds good and can be shaken up enough that it is entertaining. Rap and Country are both very lyrically driven and "the story" is very important. Pop strategy is to completely sacrifice the story in favor of the hook, rhythm, and tempo. So it doesn't work. Rap and Country demand songwriters that are actually invested in what they are saying, build a song around their story (instead of the other way around), and try to make you think instead of just dance.

Country/Rap are farmed for cash, just like every other style of music, but the principles of the genres are aligned such that common music farming methods will always have a weak yield.

herooftime99

&gt; Look at the list of top country songs of all time[8] and besides a little Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson most of that stuff is from decades ago. How is that any different than [A list of the top 500 songs of all time]( There's plenty of songs on that list that are decades and decades old, but I don't see anyone complaining about that. I don't think it's fair to dismiss indie/alt country music, because that would be like saying the only rock or rap music that exists is what you'd hear on the radio as well. I actually like modern country (largely because that's what I grew up listening to), but like anything these days, if you want to hear the "good" stuff, you're probably going to have to go search for it. I love rock, but I grew bored of what I heard on the radio years ago and had to go search for indie/alt stuff to feed the need so to speak. tl;dr: Don't judge an entire genre because of stuff you've only heard on the radio. That's like saying the only rock music produced these days is Nine Inch Nails, Disturbed, Nickelback, or Coldplay. Edit: A 2 second google search brought me to this. I've never heard it on the radio, but she seems pretty good:

> Look at the list of top country songs of all time[8] and besides a little Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson most of that stuff is from decades ago. How is that any different than [A list of the top 500 songs of all time]( There's plenty of songs on that list that are decades and decades old, but I don't see anyone complaining about that. I don't think it's fair to dismiss indie/alt country music, because that would be like saying the only rock or rap music that exists is what you'd hear on the radio as well. I actually like modern country (largely because that's what I grew up listening to), but like anything these days, if you want to hear the "good" stuff, you're probably going to have to go search for it. I love rock, but I grew bored of what I heard on the radio years ago and had to go search for indie/alt stuff to feed the need so to speak. tl;dr: Don't judge an entire genre because of stuff you've only heard on the radio. That's like saying the only rock music produced these days is Nine Inch Nails, Disturbed, Nickelback, or Coldplay. Edit: A 2 second google search brought me to this. I've never heard it on the radio, but she seems pretty good:

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Look at the list of top country songs of all time[8] and besides a little Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson most of that stuff is from decades ago. How is that any different than [A list of the top 500 songs of all time]( There's plenty of songs on that list that are decades and decades old, but I don't see anyone complaining about that. I don't think it's fair to dismiss indie/alt country music, because that would be like saying the only rock or rap music that exists is what you'd hear on the radio as well. I actually like modern country (largely because that's what I grew up listening to), but like anything these days, if you want to hear the "good" stuff, you're probably going to have to go search for it. I love rock, but I grew bored of what I heard on the radio years ago and had to go search for indie/alt stuff to feed the need so to speak.

Don't judge an entire genre because of stuff you've only heard on the radio. That's like saying the only rock music produced these days is Nine Inch Nails, Disturbed, Nickelback, or Coldplay. Edit: A 2 second google search brought me to this. I've never heard it on the radio, but she seems pretty good:

aznpwnzor

The main reason is hiphop loves experimentation and making music for making musics's sake and is extremely collaborative. Even before the internet, the concept of the mixtape as a way of proving oneself was well established. Fans listened to mixtapes and even established artists would drop mixtapes for more experimental music. Collectives featured varied styles and performances and roles for each member. In addition, the core principle of sampling lends hiphop to crossover appeal, allowing further broadening of musicality. After the internet (and Lil Wayne), we simply see an explosion of mixtape material and collaborations. The six degrees of Kevin Bacon for hiphop would be perhaps 10 artists and at most 2 degrees from everybody. Collaboration and mixtapes and touring with bigger artists are how new artists get established and noticed. You don't see this at all in some genres and not nearly to the same extent in any other genre. Lil Wayne, one of the most successful critically and financially hiphop artists, still drops mixtapes which feature numerous collaborations. For those of you that don't know about mixtapes, they are completely free. The only place I see this level of experimentation and collaboration is in academia to be honest and then again not even this much. TL;DR: The reason hiphop has progressed so far and established so many crossover spheres of influence is because it is very much like scientific academia. EDIT: I could expand even more on the parallels to academia in terms of roles people play in songs and how "tenure" is obtained, let me know.

The main reason is hiphop loves experimentation and making music for making musics's sake and is extremely collaborative. Even before the internet, the concept of the mixtape as a way of proving oneself was well established. Fans listened to mixtapes and even established artists would drop mixtapes for more experimental music. Collectives featured varied styles and performances and roles for each member. In addition, the core principle of sampling lends hiphop to crossover appeal, allowing further broadening of musicality. After the internet (and Lil Wayne), we simply see an explosion of mixtape material and collaborations. The six degrees of Kevin Bacon for hiphop would be perhaps 10 artists and at most 2 degrees from everybody. Collaboration and mixtapes and touring with bigger artists are how new artists get established and noticed. You don't see this at all in some genres and not nearly to the same extent in any other genre. Lil Wayne, one of the most successful critically and financially hiphop artists, still drops mixtapes which feature numerous collaborations. For those of you that don't know about mixtapes, they are completely free. The only place I see this level of experimentation and collaboration is in academia to be honest and then again not even this much. TL;DR: The reason hiphop has progressed so far and established so many crossover spheres of influence is because it is very much like scientific academia. EDIT: I could expand even more on the parallels to academia in terms of roles people play in songs and how "tenure" is obtained, let me know.

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The main reason is hiphop loves experimentation and making music for making musics's sake and is extremely collaborative. Even before the internet, the concept of the mixtape as a way of proving oneself was well established. Fans listened to mixtapes and even established artists would drop mixtapes for more experimental music. Collectives featured varied styles and performances and roles for each member. In addition, the core principle of sampling lends hiphop to crossover appeal, allowing further broadening of musicality. After the internet (and Lil Wayne), we simply see an explosion of mixtape material and collaborations. The six degrees of Kevin Bacon for hiphop would be perhaps 10 artists and at most 2 degrees from everybody. Collaboration and mixtapes and touring with bigger artists are how new artists get established and noticed. You don't see this at all in some genres and not nearly to the same extent in any other genre. Lil Wayne, one of the most successful critically and financially hiphop artists, still drops mixtapes which feature numerous collaborations. For those of you that don't know about mixtapes, they are completely free. The only place I see this level of experimentation and collaboration is in academia to be honest and then again not even this much.

The reason hiphop has progressed so far and established so many crossover spheres of influence is because it is very much like scientific academia. EDIT: I could expand even more on the parallels to academia in terms of roles people play in songs and how "tenure" is obtained, let me know.

CochMaestro

Ugh you aren't kidding. Over this past summer, I worked for a small town panting company (like 4 guys top) and the buddy of mine who got me the job was really into country. I didn't want to go against who picked the radio so whenever he asked I'd just say, "Whatever's alright" little did I know he was into the Top 40 stuff....This video gave me flashbacks, all they'd play is the same 3 songs at least every other hour. I couldn't tell you who the artists were, but by the end of that summer I knew every fucking word to those damn songs. I haven't listened to a country song since, and I need a lot of miles davis therapy to help cope...but god damn I should have never let him choose the radio station TL;DR When somebody ask you what radio station you want to hear, take it as an opportunity to avoid shitty music.

Ugh you aren't kidding. Over this past summer, I worked for a small town panting company (like 4 guys top) and the buddy of mine who got me the job was really into country. I didn't want to go against who picked the radio so whenever he asked I'd just say, "Whatever's alright" little did I know he was into the Top 40 stuff....This video gave me flashbacks, all they'd play is the same 3 songs at least every other hour. I couldn't tell you who the artists were, but by the end of that summer I knew every fucking word to those damn songs. I haven't listened to a country song since, and I need a lot of miles davis therapy to help cope...but god damn I should have never let him choose the radio station TL;DR When somebody ask you what radio station you want to hear, take it as an opportunity to avoid shitty music.

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Ugh you aren't kidding. Over this past summer, I worked for a small town panting company (like 4 guys top) and the buddy of mine who got me the job was really into country. I didn't want to go against who picked the radio so whenever he asked I'd just say, "Whatever's alright" little did I know he was into the Top 40 stuff....This video gave me flashbacks, all they'd play is the same 3 songs at least every other hour. I couldn't tell you who the artists were, but by the end of that summer I knew every fucking word to those damn songs. I haven't listened to a country song since, and I need a lot of miles davis therapy to help cope...but god damn I should have never let him choose the radio station

When somebody ask you what radio station you want to hear, take it as an opportunity to avoid shitty music.

KCBassCadet

It's not the same thing. I have been into cameras since I was 16 and have shot thousands of pictures over the past 20 years of my (large) family get-togethers. I've shared the photos with them and they all love it. But I use the camera for 5-10 minutes at a time and then I put it down and go grab a drink/snack and have conversation with people. The kind of awkward, obsessive, and socially maladjusted people like the loner in this video is a not a product of the smartphone but a product of bad parenting. How many smartphone-obsessed escape artists are actually shooting and producing family videos? Maybe 1 in 10,000? By the way, it's social recluses like this kid that end up getting "bullied" (yes, I put it in quotes) and end up with a chip on their shoulder and pretty much beget children that act the same way. tl;dr Put down your fucking phone and learn to interact with people.

It's not the same thing. I have been into cameras since I was 16 and have shot thousands of pictures over the past 20 years of my (large) family get-togethers. I've shared the photos with them and they all love it. But I use the camera for 5-10 minutes at a time and then I put it down and go grab a drink/snack and have conversation with people. The kind of awkward, obsessive, and socially maladjusted people like the loner in this video is a not a product of the smartphone but a product of bad parenting. How many smartphone-obsessed escape artists are actually shooting and producing family videos? Maybe 1 in 10,000? By the way, it's social recluses like this kid that end up getting "bullied" (yes, I put it in quotes) and end up with a chip on their shoulder and pretty much beget children that act the same way. tl;dr Put down your fucking phone and learn to interact with people.

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It's not the same thing. I have been into cameras since I was 16 and have shot thousands of pictures over the past 20 years of my (large) family get-togethers. I've shared the photos with them and they all love it. But I use the camera for 5-10 minutes at a time and then I put it down and go grab a drink/snack and have conversation with people. The kind of awkward, obsessive, and socially maladjusted people like the loner in this video is a not a product of the smartphone but a product of bad parenting. How many smartphone-obsessed escape artists are actually shooting and producing family videos? Maybe 1 in 10,000? By the way, it's social recluses like this kid that end up getting "bullied" (yes, I put it in quotes) and end up with a chip on their shoulder and pretty much beget children that act the same way.

Put down your fucking phone and learn to interact with people.

e_x_i_t

I went in expecting a terrible commercial and it ended up hitting me hard. I was that kid when I was a teenager, didn't really socialize with my family and I was always just in the background. Only difference tho was that I didn't have that technology back then (well I did have the Gameboy), but I always tried (and still do) to find the perfect gift for everyone, one that shows that I listened and cared. That was really the only way I was able to express my feelings towards my family, what was shown in the commercial is exactly what I would have done (or tried to do) if the technology we have now existed back then. Now I'm not a fan of Apple and sure they were advertising their products, but it wasn't exactly in your face about it and managed to be very affective even if you had absolutely no interest in what they were advertising. TL;DR I don't like Apple, but this commercial almost had me crying like a baby.

I went in expecting a terrible commercial and it ended up hitting me hard. I was that kid when I was a teenager, didn't really socialize with my family and I was always just in the background. Only difference tho was that I didn't have that technology back then (well I did have the Gameboy), but I always tried (and still do) to find the perfect gift for everyone, one that shows that I listened and cared. That was really the only way I was able to express my feelings towards my family, what was shown in the commercial is exactly what I would have done (or tried to do) if the technology we have now existed back then. Now I'm not a fan of Apple and sure they were advertising their products, but it wasn't exactly in your face about it and managed to be very affective even if you had absolutely no interest in what they were advertising. TL;DR I don't like Apple, but this commercial almost had me crying like a baby.

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I went in expecting a terrible commercial and it ended up hitting me hard. I was that kid when I was a teenager, didn't really socialize with my family and I was always just in the background. Only difference tho was that I didn't have that technology back then (well I did have the Gameboy), but I always tried (and still do) to find the perfect gift for everyone, one that shows that I listened and cared. That was really the only way I was able to express my feelings towards my family, what was shown in the commercial is exactly what I would have done (or tried to do) if the technology we have now existed back then. Now I'm not a fan of Apple and sure they were advertising their products, but it wasn't exactly in your face about it and managed to be very affective even if you had absolutely no interest in what they were advertising.

I don't like Apple, but this commercial almost had me crying like a baby.

Gumstead

Its absolutely professional. If you notice, just before the fight there was a pretty big hit that the players clearly took offense to. That's how fighting usually goes in hockey. One guy does something either dirty or dangerous or hits a star player. Then, someone from the other team shows up and starts punching him. It's how they police themselves in the game. The refs miss things and the players take care of it themselves. Also, momentum of the flow of the game is a huge part of hockey. Teams down by three goals can rally to win. Often, the way a team rallies their spirits and gets the crowd roaring is with a big fight. It's emotional and gets them in the right attitude to turn things around. Tl,dr: Fighting was involved in the first organized hockey and has been a part of the sport ever since.

Its absolutely professional. If you notice, just before the fight there was a pretty big hit that the players clearly took offense to. That's how fighting usually goes in hockey. One guy does something either dirty or dangerous or hits a star player. Then, someone from the other team shows up and starts punching him. It's how they police themselves in the game. The refs miss things and the players take care of it themselves. Also, momentum of the flow of the game is a huge part of hockey. Teams down by three goals can rally to win. Often, the way a team rallies their spirits and gets the crowd roaring is with a big fight. It's emotional and gets them in the right attitude to turn things around. Tl,dr: Fighting was involved in the first organized hockey and has been a part of the sport ever since.

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ce8mcrz

Its absolutely professional. If you notice, just before the fight there was a pretty big hit that the players clearly took offense to. That's how fighting usually goes in hockey. One guy does something either dirty or dangerous or hits a star player. Then, someone from the other team shows up and starts punching him. It's how they police themselves in the game. The refs miss things and the players take care of it themselves. Also, momentum of the flow of the game is a huge part of hockey. Teams down by three goals can rally to win. Often, the way a team rallies their spirits and gets the crowd roaring is with a big fight. It's emotional and gets them in the right attitude to turn things around.

Fighting was involved in the first organized hockey and has been a part of the sport ever since.

iScreamsalad

Wow no one cares that fighting in hockey just leads to injury? Look at the players that have had problems later in life likely due to fighting (boogard belak rip) fighting is not necessary in hockey and this coming from a person that has loved the sport since childhood. It my opinion it detracts from the fluidity of the game. The whole world has to stop to watch to guys that don't contribute much of anything wrestle and accomplish nothing other than risk injury. The whole protecting players story line is anecdotal at best as is the "momentum boost" IMHO hockey would be a much better and more appealing sport without the thugs that play 5 min a night just looking to fight. Though I do want to keep clean hard hits and physically in the game. TL:DR fighting interrupts a fluid game and arguably accomplishes nothing other than risking player health

Wow no one cares that fighting in hockey just leads to injury? Look at the players that have had problems later in life likely due to fighting (boogard belak rip) fighting is not necessary in hockey and this coming from a person that has loved the sport since childhood. It my opinion it detracts from the fluidity of the game. The whole world has to stop to watch to guys that don't contribute much of anything wrestle and accomplish nothing other than risk injury. The whole protecting players story line is anecdotal at best as is the "momentum boost" IMHO hockey would be a much better and more appealing sport without the thugs that play 5 min a night just looking to fight. Though I do want to keep clean hard hits and physically in the game. TL:DR fighting interrupts a fluid game and arguably accomplishes nothing other than risking player health

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ce8qlei

Wow no one cares that fighting in hockey just leads to injury? Look at the players that have had problems later in life likely due to fighting (boogard belak rip) fighting is not necessary in hockey and this coming from a person that has loved the sport since childhood. It my opinion it detracts from the fluidity of the game. The whole world has to stop to watch to guys that don't contribute much of anything wrestle and accomplish nothing other than risk injury. The whole protecting players story line is anecdotal at best as is the "momentum boost" IMHO hockey would be a much better and more appealing sport without the thugs that play 5 min a night just looking to fight. Though I do want to keep clean hard hits and physically in the game.

fighting interrupts a fluid game and arguably accomplishes nothing other than risking player health

Gumstead

Come on down to /r/hockey then! Tomorrow is Tenderfoot Tuesdays where we answer all your questions and help you learn the sport. We'll help you pick a team to root for and teach you what to look for. Then we'll trash talk your choice and every other team. After that, you'll be a real hockey fan as we teach you what to look for in the game. The season is rolling right along currently and the Olympics will be a great opportunity to see some of the best in the NHL play for their homelands. Every day there are threads to talk about the current games and give you a link to watch. Sure it's at a crappy hour for you but it's the Holidays so don't pretend you have to be at work in the morning. All in all, it will be well worth your time, I promise. Tl,dr: there's no excuse to not be a hockey fan

Come on down to /r/hockey then! Tomorrow is Tenderfoot Tuesdays where we answer all your questions and help you learn the sport. We'll help you pick a team to root for and teach you what to look for. Then we'll trash talk your choice and every other team. After that, you'll be a real hockey fan as we teach you what to look for in the game. The season is rolling right along currently and the Olympics will be a great opportunity to see some of the best in the NHL play for their homelands. Every day there are threads to talk about the current games and give you a link to watch. Sure it's at a crappy hour for you but it's the Holidays so don't pretend you have to be at work in the morning. All in all, it will be well worth your time, I promise. Tl,dr: there's no excuse to not be a hockey fan

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ce8t245

Come on down to /r/hockey then! Tomorrow is Tenderfoot Tuesdays where we answer all your questions and help you learn the sport. We'll help you pick a team to root for and teach you what to look for. Then we'll trash talk your choice and every other team. After that, you'll be a real hockey fan as we teach you what to look for in the game. The season is rolling right along currently and the Olympics will be a great opportunity to see some of the best in the NHL play for their homelands. Every day there are threads to talk about the current games and give you a link to watch. Sure it's at a crappy hour for you but it's the Holidays so don't pretend you have to be at work in the morning. All in all, it will be well worth your time, I promise.

there's no excuse to not be a hockey fan

CocoSavege

My understanding is that a fight is in response to what's perceived as a cheap shot/hacky play/overly rough play. Sometimes the fighter isn't the wronged player - a team will sub on the 'goon'. And sometimes the instigating team will respond with their own goons. Sometimes fights are more or less prearranged, e.g. at the next face off the two goons will agree that it's on and it's on. On occasion if the shot is widely perceived as cheap - the instigating team won't let the instigator sub off to avoid a fight. A guy might completely shitcheck a player and when the other team subs on the 6'6" 280 pound knuckledragger to say hello to you, welp, that's on you bro. tl;dr: Hockey's got an interesting culture of 'fair play' which occasionally includes fighting. It's weird. Source: I'm Canadian Real source: I know shit all aboot hockey. It's just what I've heard, eh. Sorry.

My understanding is that a fight is in response to what's perceived as a cheap shot/hacky play/overly rough play. Sometimes the fighter isn't the wronged player - a team will sub on the 'goon'. And sometimes the instigating team will respond with their own goons. Sometimes fights are more or less prearranged, e.g. at the next face off the two goons will agree that it's on and it's on. On occasion if the shot is widely perceived as cheap - the instigating team won't let the instigator sub off to avoid a fight. A guy might completely shitcheck a player and when the other team subs on the 6'6" 280 pound knuckledragger to say hello to you, welp, that's on you bro. tl;dr: Hockey's got an interesting culture of 'fair play' which occasionally includes fighting. It's weird. Source: I'm Canadian Real source: I know shit all aboot hockey. It's just what I've heard, eh. Sorry.

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t5_2qh1e

cef595m

My understanding is that a fight is in response to what's perceived as a cheap shot/hacky play/overly rough play. Sometimes the fighter isn't the wronged player - a team will sub on the 'goon'. And sometimes the instigating team will respond with their own goons. Sometimes fights are more or less prearranged, e.g. at the next face off the two goons will agree that it's on and it's on. On occasion if the shot is widely perceived as cheap - the instigating team won't let the instigator sub off to avoid a fight. A guy might completely shitcheck a player and when the other team subs on the 6'6" 280 pound knuckledragger to say hello to you, welp, that's on you bro.

Hockey's got an interesting culture of 'fair play' which occasionally includes fighting. It's weird. Source: I'm Canadian Real source: I know shit all aboot hockey. It's just what I've heard, eh. Sorry.

RennieMcDougal

##1. Find a thing you like shooting Is it landscapes, portraits, architecture, sports etc? - getting better at a thing helps if you concentrate on that thing (at least for a little while) and shooting if often. I quite like this quote: &gt; Create images that you like. For example, I love coffee. I find myself a unique cup and a unique place to create the image. Do you like landscapes? Find your spot in the world and use it. Explore all the angles you can. Many people will suggest what you should shoot. That’s cool, take the recommendations politely. In the end it’s all about your vision. If you focus on others and their photographic styles, yours will never surface. No one sees the world as you do, even with the same exact camera equipment. The way we see the world is developed by our life experience. This being said, never try to copy other people’s work. [source]( ##2. Editing to learn## The thing that helps me learn the most is 'the edit' Going through the +300 photos of every outing and whittling them down to a half dozen, then taking those half dozen and interrogating the crap out of them, asking others to interrogate them with, so i can finally end up with a couple ( usually 1 or none :P ) it helps me see what I've done wrong. a lot of the time it's simple stupid stuff like cropping out people's feet, or crap perspective. that helps me learn by thinking things like 'hey chump, check if the feet are in frame' (dumb example) Also, *hit-ratios* of most photographers (unless you're some freak Vivian Maier of sorts) are more than 1:1 .. more like 10:1 if you're a pro (ie 1 usable shot for every 10 taken), if they presented all the chaff next to their chosen edits - they'd be known more for their mediocre stuff. As an average amateur you're more like looking at 200:1 (obviously depends on personal standards and needs :P) I guess a big album dump is fine - but it's amazing how much easier it is to be pleased with your results once you're looking at your *'top 10 best'* results, not at a 2000 pic collection of *'the most okay shots'* you've taken. ##3. Tell a story## It's easy to point a camera at something, but telling a story with an image is a different thing all together. I get you might not want to be hardcore photojournalist, and just want some solid snaps to send home - but you can point a camera in a near infinite number of ways at an object. Thinking about why you're, say, shooting at head height vs really crouched / from below - can help you transform your pictures. ie - in that instance it might make building seems grander when you shoot *worms eye view* I sent this article to a friend of mine a while ago - it explains how the 'tell a story with a photo' ambition can be used for the most mundane of situations ##4. Pick the right lens for the job unless youre deliberately trying to make a point, shooting landscapes with &gt;50mm is always going to look pretty dull/squashed flat. but you know this already - most of the photos i looked at used a 35mm :) maybe try going for a &lt;28mm. i got a Tokina 11-16 which i love. in terms of happy snap holiday photo it's flawless and it makes most of the landscapey things look way more interesting - but that's just the edge distortion talking :) ie - [This is something i too with the Tokina on holiday] ( all i did to it was a touch of vignetting overlay to daken the bottom sea bit and focus on the middle city bit ##5. A little post production## Goes a long way :P Most of the time it's just a tweak on contrast, punching up the vibrance on things. You're not a one man post-house, you just want to make sure the snow shots aren't blue, they're white - or that that sunrises colours pop etc ie [This] ( *(yea yeah - when someone offers 5 minutes worth of photoshop time, it goes down like a bomb. but this is a quick example on one of your photos)* (although to be honest most of that WB stuff you should be able to do in camera anyway - and a circular polarizing filter might help the *poppier* skies thing) ##6. Crop Sometimes there's just too much crap on the photo, when all you really wanted to send back home was a small detail. solution: get closer or crop figure out what the essence of that photo is, crop to it. its Occam's Razor applied to photograpy. Unless your point is to be maximalist and talk about complexity etc - talk about a specific thing. ie if you're talking about the *scale* of a thing - have something in frame for *scale* comparison (not a banana) People in your photo are generally pretty good as a measurement of scale. So if you want to show how big a monument is, you could pull really far back and see if you can show how tiny people are in comparison - but, say, if you want to talk about *colour* of a particular flower field, using people might not be relevant, choose a crop/device that talks about the colour of the rice field - not it's *scale* (for example) or.. y'know, screw it - crop for fun i like the 2:1 crop ratio or the 1:1 ratio - it adds some visual variety to a collection of photos. [every now and again i mess about with them :)]( (maybe have some fun just shooting in a ratio you're not used to - it will force you to figure out how to compose you picture a bit more, when you're trying to fit everything into a square, or a super wide rectangle) etc - - - this ended up being way longer than is should have been -TL:DR Edit, Tell Stories etc have fun :)

1. Find a thing you like shooting Is it landscapes, portraits, architecture, sports etc? - getting better at a thing helps if you concentrate on that thing (at least for a little while) and shooting if often. I quite like this quote: > Create images that you like. For example, I love coffee. I find myself a unique cup and a unique place to create the image. Do you like landscapes? Find your spot in the world and use it. Explore all the angles you can. Many people will suggest what you should shoot. That’s cool, take the recommendations politely. In the end it’s all about your vision. If you focus on others and their photographic styles, yours will never surface. No one sees the world as you do, even with the same exact camera equipment. The way we see the world is developed by our life experience. This being said, never try to copy other people’s work. [source]( 2. Editing to learn The thing that helps me learn the most is 'the edit' Going through the +300 photos of every outing and whittling them down to a half dozen, then taking those half dozen and interrogating the crap out of them, asking others to interrogate them with, so i can finally end up with a couple ( usually 1 or none :P ) it helps me see what I've done wrong. a lot of the time it's simple stupid stuff like cropping out people's feet, or crap perspective. that helps me learn by thinking things like 'hey chump, check if the feet are in frame' (dumb example) Also, hit-ratios of most photographers (unless you're some freak Vivian Maier of sorts) are more than 1:1 .. more like 10:1 if you're a pro (ie 1 usable shot for every 10 taken), if they presented all the chaff next to their chosen edits - they'd be known more for their mediocre stuff. As an average amateur you're more like looking at 200:1 (obviously depends on personal standards and needs :P) I guess a big album dump is fine - but it's amazing how much easier it is to be pleased with your results once you're looking at your 'top 10 best' results, not at a 2000 pic collection of 'the most okay shots' you've taken. 3. Tell a story It's easy to point a camera at something, but telling a story with an image is a different thing all together. I get you might not want to be hardcore photojournalist, and just want some solid snaps to send home - but you can point a camera in a near infinite number of ways at an object. Thinking about why you're, say, shooting at head height vs really crouched / from below - can help you transform your pictures. ie - in that instance it might make building seems grander when you shoot worms eye view I sent this article to a friend of mine a while ago - it explains how the 'tell a story with a photo' ambition can be used for the most mundane of situations 4. Pick the right lens for the job unless youre deliberately trying to make a point, shooting landscapes with >50mm is always going to look pretty dull/squashed flat. but you know this already - most of the photos i looked at used a 35mm :) maybe try going for a <28mm. i got a Tokina 11-16 which i love. in terms of happy snap holiday photo it's flawless and it makes most of the landscapey things look way more interesting - but that's just the edge distortion talking :) ie - [This is something i too with the Tokina on holiday] ( all i did to it was a touch of vignetting overlay to daken the bottom sea bit and focus on the middle city bit 5. A little post production Goes a long way :P Most of the time it's just a tweak on contrast, punching up the vibrance on things. You're not a one man post-house, you just want to make sure the snow shots aren't blue, they're white - or that that sunrises colours pop etc ie [This] ( (yea yeah - when someone offers 5 minutes worth of photoshop time, it goes down like a bomb. but this is a quick example on one of your photos) (although to be honest most of that WB stuff you should be able to do in camera anyway - and a circular polarizing filter might help the poppier skies thing) 6. Crop Sometimes there's just too much crap on the photo, when all you really wanted to send back home was a small detail. solution: get closer or crop figure out what the essence of that photo is, crop to it. its Occam's Razor applied to photograpy. Unless your point is to be maximalist and talk about complexity etc - talk about a specific thing. ie if you're talking about the scale of a thing - have something in frame for scale comparison (not a banana) People in your photo are generally pretty good as a measurement of scale. So if you want to show how big a monument is, you could pull really far back and see if you can show how tiny people are in comparison - but, say, if you want to talk about colour of a particular flower field, using people might not be relevant, choose a crop/device that talks about the colour of the rice field - not it's scale (for example) or.. y'know, screw it - crop for fun i like the 2:1 crop ratio or the 1:1 ratio - it adds some visual variety to a collection of photos. [every now and again i mess about with them :)]( (maybe have some fun just shooting in a ratio you're not used to - it will force you to figure out how to compose you picture a bit more, when you're trying to fit everything into a square, or a super wide rectangle) etc this ended up being way longer than is should have been -TL:DR Edit, Tell Stories etc have fun :)

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ce8p8gx

1. Find a thing you like shooting Is it landscapes, portraits, architecture, sports etc? - getting better at a thing helps if you concentrate on that thing (at least for a little while) and shooting if often. I quite like this quote: > Create images that you like. For example, I love coffee. I find myself a unique cup and a unique place to create the image. Do you like landscapes? Find your spot in the world and use it. Explore all the angles you can. Many people will suggest what you should shoot. That’s cool, take the recommendations politely. In the end it’s all about your vision. If you focus on others and their photographic styles, yours will never surface. No one sees the world as you do, even with the same exact camera equipment. The way we see the world is developed by our life experience. This being said, never try to copy other people’s work. [source]( 2. Editing to learn The thing that helps me learn the most is 'the edit' Going through the +300 photos of every outing and whittling them down to a half dozen, then taking those half dozen and interrogating the crap out of them, asking others to interrogate them with, so i can finally end up with a couple ( usually 1 or none :P ) it helps me see what I've done wrong. a lot of the time it's simple stupid stuff like cropping out people's feet, or crap perspective. that helps me learn by thinking things like 'hey chump, check if the feet are in frame' (dumb example) Also, hit-ratios of most photographers (unless you're some freak Vivian Maier of sorts) are more than 1:1 .. more like 10:1 if you're a pro (ie 1 usable shot for every 10 taken), if they presented all the chaff next to their chosen edits - they'd be known more for their mediocre stuff. As an average amateur you're more like looking at 200:1 (obviously depends on personal standards and needs :P) I guess a big album dump is fine - but it's amazing how much easier it is to be pleased with your results once you're looking at your 'top 10 best' results, not at a 2000 pic collection of 'the most okay shots' you've taken. 3. Tell a story It's easy to point a camera at something, but telling a story with an image is a different thing all together. I get you might not want to be hardcore photojournalist, and just want some solid snaps to send home - but you can point a camera in a near infinite number of ways at an object. Thinking about why you're, say, shooting at head height vs really crouched / from below - can help you transform your pictures. ie - in that instance it might make building seems grander when you shoot worms eye view I sent this article to a friend of mine a while ago - it explains how the 'tell a story with a photo' ambition can be used for the most mundane of situations 4. Pick the right lens for the job unless youre deliberately trying to make a point, shooting landscapes with >50mm is always going to look pretty dull/squashed flat. but you know this already - most of the photos i looked at used a 35mm :) maybe try going for a <28mm. i got a Tokina 11-16 which i love. in terms of happy snap holiday photo it's flawless and it makes most of the landscapey things look way more interesting - but that's just the edge distortion talking :) ie - [This is something i too with the Tokina on holiday] ( all i did to it was a touch of vignetting overlay to daken the bottom sea bit and focus on the middle city bit 5. A little post production Goes a long way :P Most of the time it's just a tweak on contrast, punching up the vibrance on things. You're not a one man post-house, you just want to make sure the snow shots aren't blue, they're white - or that that sunrises colours pop etc ie [This] ( (yea yeah - when someone offers 5 minutes worth of photoshop time, it goes down like a bomb. but this is a quick example on one of your photos) (although to be honest most of that WB stuff you should be able to do in camera anyway - and a circular polarizing filter might help the poppier skies thing) 6. Crop Sometimes there's just too much crap on the photo, when all you really wanted to send back home was a small detail. solution: get closer or crop figure out what the essence of that photo is, crop to it. its Occam's Razor applied to photograpy. Unless your point is to be maximalist and talk about complexity etc - talk about a specific thing. ie if you're talking about the scale of a thing - have something in frame for scale comparison (not a banana) People in your photo are generally pretty good as a measurement of scale. So if you want to show how big a monument is, you could pull really far back and see if you can show how tiny people are in comparison - but, say, if you want to talk about colour of a particular flower field, using people might not be relevant, choose a crop/device that talks about the colour of the rice field - not it's scale (for example) or.. y'know, screw it - crop for fun i like the 2:1 crop ratio or the 1:1 ratio - it adds some visual variety to a collection of photos. [every now and again i mess about with them :)]( (maybe have some fun just shooting in a ratio you're not used to - it will force you to figure out how to compose you picture a bit more, when you're trying to fit everything into a square, or a super wide rectangle) etc this ended up being way longer than is should have been -

Edit, Tell Stories etc have fun :)