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[ { "body": "I can't stand people's over-the-top idolization of pop-science figures like Neil Degrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Mythbusters, etc. Yeah, they're definitely interesting and have done a lot to advance scientific appreciation in the general population, but they are by no means paragons of scientific achievement. And nobody wants to see the picture you took with Bill Nye two years ago.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\"Trolling.\" Purposely trying to annoy people on the internet for a response, what are you, twelve? \n\nAlso it's an annoying word, using it in real life (unless referring to bridge-related-trolls) is just obnoxious. ", "score": 18 }, { "body": "The thing that gets me the most about reddit is the whole \"OMG 9FAG STOLE OUR CONTENT\" mentality when reddit is essentially an aggregation of interesting things from other sites (screencaps of fb, twitter, 4chan, and tumblr; links to news articles, blogs, webcomics, whatever). I'm not saying reddit has no OC, but when it tries to take possession of really useless things like rage comics and memes, it almost makes me want to quit reddit and go get a life. Almost...", "score": 12 }, { "body": "PeOpLe DaT tYpE LyK dIs!\n\nHow much fucking effort do you put into capitalizing every other word and intentionally misspelling just right?", "score": 9 }, { "body": "1. Idiots getting a voice. Before the internet, there were some idiots that got press coverage, now they can blog and make videos. \n\n2. I have mixed feelings about memes. Some are cool, some need to die. \n\n3. All the ultra-liberal atheist bullshit. This is mostly a reddit problem. \n", "score": 9 }, { "body": "people who over use the letter 'q' to replace the letter g... I don't mind if it's used only a little bit, but replacing the whole sentence with that 'q' is fucking annoying... seeing too much of it on facebook..", "score": 5 }, { "body": "General lack of politeness. It's hard sometimes, but I think it would make the internet a nicer place.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Piracy, atheism, YouTube, the ability for Americans to get their news from external sources like Al Jazeera, and reddit. All of these need to die.\n\nElect me as your supreme leader now, because I'm focused on jobs creation.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Two things that I think are related: n00b hate and the celebration of assholes.\n\nWhat I mean by the first is the deeply-ingrained, ancient Internet behavior of mocking and attacking new people. It just discourages people from trying and participating, and creates a vicious cycle where new people who had to put up with so much shit turn around and do it to the next generation.\n\nIt's related to the celebration of asshole behavior. Online it often seems like the more vicious, mean, and spiteful you are the more acclaim you get. I think this is a result of communities creating such a hostile environment for newcomers.\n\nAll this combines to make online communities very ugly places. It's really unfortunate.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I really don't like how sexism, racism, and homophobia are 'cool' on the internet. Homophobia not so much on Reddit, but I see it on other sites. \n\nSexism and racism however, are a huge part of Reddit. And don't even get me started on 4chan. That place is a mess but I get tired of seeing 'tits or gtfo' or 'nigger' thrown around everywhere. And the fucking kitchen jokes, Jesus. \n\nOh and most memes are stupid and not funny, as well as rage comics. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Image macros, anything with bold, white impact font over the top. \nDescribing anything as \"scumbag X\", \"good guy Y\", \"bad luck Z\" etc.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "One definitely CAN overcommunicate (NO ANAL TONIGHT HONEY THOSE TACOS SURE DID A NUMBER ON ME HAHA!) but I think the examples you gave are just fine. Checking if she came is always okay, telling her she's hot is always okay! Maybe the first one could be phrased better, \"Hey if you want me to last longer next time try doing x or y!\"\n\nI'd say as long as it sounds kinda sexy it's not overcommunicating. And if it's important but unsexy, just say it later, outside the bedroom.", "score": 27 }, { "body": "Over-communication is a thing. At some point during sex, it can sound like you're trying to control rather than enjoy. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I guess that depends on the person you are and your SO is.\nThe questions you asked should be totally fine with everybody though.\nWhat kissmyapocalypse said (NO ANAL TONIGHT HONEY THOSE TACOS SURE DID A NUMBER ON ME HAHA!) really depends on the persons then.\nWhen I go to the toilet (I'm female) and afterwards tell my boyfriend that I feel so better because I feel 43789 kilograms lighter he grins and hugs me and tells me that he's happy for me. We sometimes have unscheduled farting sessions. He farts, I laugh, fart accidentally.. and we laugh so hard we fart again.\nI couldn't have done that with my ex. I didn't feel that safe and secure with him.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "The term \"overcommunicating\", by definition, means communicating too much. How much is too much will differ with each partner and couple.\n\nMy answer is that good communications allows you to avoid overcommunication. e.g. Ask \"Hey, I feel like I'm asking a lot of questions, does that work for you? Do you wish we talked about this stuff more, or less?\" at which point you can actually know whether, for this person, you're communicating too much, or not enough.\n\nPut another way, talking about it is the only way to *know* that you're communicating the right amount. If you don't talk about it, you might get lucky and have it be the right amount, but you might be *under*communicationg, which, for me, is worse than the alternative.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Upvote because this needs to be seen! My grandfather was in Vietnam, exposed to Agent Orange and has been in and out of the hospital for the past few years, nearly on his deathbed from heart problems. A checkup probably wouldn't hurt you, just to be on the safe side. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Have you considered picking up Oblivion? The interface feels clunky after Skyrim, but the quests and customization options are much better. It takes more skill/planning to get a powerful character.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I think, what you're also seeing, is an increase in professionalism among the top pros. Back in the 1970s, players simply didn't know how to train for tennis.\n\nMany avoided weight training, under the mistaken belief that muscles would slow you down. They rarely trained off-court believing that hitting tennis balls was all that was needed. Court speed wasn't that important, so they didn't have any particular exercises to develop their court movement relying more on raw talent or skills picked up in other sports.\n\nMany ate whatever they felt like, and few, I'm sure took ice baths, or any other post-match rehab that's now taken for granted. To be fair, they didn't earn enough money to hire a team to travel with them around the world.\n\nToday's pros train to hit certain shots that most players didn't. In the 1970s, you were either a serve-and-volleyer or a baseliner, and once you picked, you didn't train much in the other area. Serve and volleyers routinely neglected their ground game. They sliced on both sides to get to net.\n\nThe drop shot was considered a finesse shot that only players with \"feel\" would hit. I don't, for example, recall Mats Wilander ever hitting a drop shot, and Lendl had an awful looking drop shot. These days, it's standard.\n\nDrop shot recovery is now a standard skill. In the past, players would probably routinely miss that reply since they never encountered it.\n\nPlayers like Fed practice tweeners, but probably other obscure shots, far more often than most people realize, and practice shots that may never have a practical use (Roddick had a drill where he would play someone a level or two beneath him only hitting slice on both sides).\n\nDue to this, top players have many fewer down periods as they prep for the Slams.\n", "score": 15 }, { "body": "Well, I dont count Murray as a number 1 candidate. If he seriously threatens the top 2 once in his career, it might change my mind. I definitely dont think he might be the one with the most talent. \n\nBut Its possible that he might have a chance at number 1 in the years to come. Fed is almost at the end of his glory days, and Nadal might not come back from his injury to playing near the level were all used too. But I dont see Djokovic going anywhere. The Djoker is much better than Murray In terms of consistency and racking up points.\n\n\n\n\n\n", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "I love both aspects. I love trail riding/all mountain because you get a bit of everything. Some days i just want flow down downhill sections, but other days i just want to burn threw some winding single track or even do some technical climing.\n\nThere are tons of different styles, and everyone will find their favorites. What ticks me off is when people claim their style is the only or pure form of mountain biking - these people are dicks!", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Be glad that you live in a area where you can do both easily. I am stuck to cross country only, unless I want to drive 4 hours.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Jumps and drops are a progression, everyone is scared about starting on them, I took bloody ages to start airing things properly!\n\nDrops are the simplest case, you can practise technique by rolling off the curb and making sure both wheels touch the road at the same time on landing. Once you've worked that out, take the same thing to bigger and bigger drops.\n\nJumps, best to find someone who can and get them to teach/heckle you : P", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I do both, after a while of riding mostly XC it was tough to get back on the DH bike and get used to the extra weight/shock travel/ different geometry. I definitely agree with WizardsMyName, with do something small over and over until you get a feel for the bike. If you get that all set the only 2 things you have to worry about are getting the speed right and getting over the fear of falling. With A V-10 you'll find it'll eat most small mistakes off drops, those are sick bikes.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I'd love the choice to do downhill. (looks out the window longingly at the flat landscape around...)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "what kind of pads are you wearing when you ride DH? I wear a full face, knee shin pads, and a MX chest protector. It makes a world of difference when it comes to me having confidence to hit new features.\n\nAnd when I'm staring down something steep that I'm scared to do, I think of a video i watched on pinkbike where kyle strait is talking about growing up biking with his brother. They used to say to each other \"Just do it, it wont hurt\"\n\nThat's what I tell myself to make myself go down it. and how to go down it? Approach with not too much speed, lean back, and pull up. That's it my friend", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "All the things you mentioned may help with general conditioning but aren't really suited for building strength. You mentioned \"lifting weights\" but that can mean so many things to different people that's it says nothing.\n\nYou need to move heavy weight. Pick it up off the ground, lift it overhead, carry it for distance, etc. A common program recommended here is Starting Strength but any powerlifting, strongman, Olympic weightlifting based program will work. You need to do that type of training in a progressively challenging manner.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If you want strength training but don't have access to barbells for lifting go over to /r/bodyweightfitness and learn the joys of progressive bodyweight strength training. Barbells are more effective for building strength but from your post I get the idea that you don't really want too much of anything so barbells likely won't be necessary. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "That's why I don't use that word, even when I'm only around other white people. It's not worth the risk of potentially insulting someone.", "score": 122 }, { "body": "this is why i just don't use the word period. if you get comfortable with it shit like this happens. \n\n", "score": 45 }, { "body": "I am a black person with a bunch of white friends and I have heard that word said many times, accidentally and on purpose. There is no use for that word to ever be said, even around only white people. I've always felt like when some one says it and then \"notices\" I'm there and apologizes profusely, it doesn't matter. That word should never be used to insult someone, ever. I really hope you learned from your mistake, and hope you realize that you should just stop saying that word altogether, joking or not.", "score": 31 }, { "body": "Yea, that's what happens when you use the racist word that racists use to let other racists know that they're racist. But you're totally not racist, I'm sure...", "score": 30 }, { "body": "You probably should refrain from using that word. The fact that you say stuff that would offend people of a certain race while you're only around your white friends is also off-putting.", "score": 20 }, { "body": "you prob shouldn't use the n-word anymore in any situation, just saying. You're lucky you got off so easy", "score": 20 }, { "body": "I've been through this one. My friends are very liberal with racial slurs directed at each other and we usually call each other by slurs that don't even fit our race. The flavor of the month was \"Dink\" after we caught an article about how the slur's origin is from the Spanish American war and describes the sound made when a coked up Philipino is shot in the face. \n\nI went out to dinner with a recently made friend and he described the whole process of moving to a new city and all the new friends he made. He mentioned that his friends were \"Dinks\" and I went on to talk about Philipino restaurants in the area and how good certain dishes were. He had no idea what I was talking about, so I matter of factly explained the origin of the word \"Dink.\" Terrified, he informed me that his friends were a gay couple who were double income no kids. ", "score": 19 }, { "body": "now i've really got a good idea of just how many other white people think slurs are *totes a-OK!* \n\njesus fuck. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Hey here's a thought: Just don't use that fucking word. If you need an insulting racial slur, use one from your own ethnic makeup. Not being mean, just giving you some good advice.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Regardless of insulting the black girl, you and your friends sound like retards. Don't you ever want to just say \"ok, I get it, ha..ha...ha, but let's give it up\". I mean, it's not humorous, it would not make me laugh after the first 2 or 3 times, at most. What's so funny about insulting eachother and not meaning it? The level of humour is severely stunted. Comedy is an art and you're shitting on the canvas.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Fuck this \"It's just a word; it's only racist if you make it so,\" *bullshit*. The word is inherently racist. Using it as an insult is in and of itself racist. Nobody cares about your definition of the word, it is perceived in its *actual* definition: an insult to black people, simply because they are black. Just because you use it in jest doesn't matter, you're insulting someone by comparing them to a black person, and that is not right.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I wonder if I should post the time I insulted a bunch of drug dealers on this subreddit.\n\nI have it posed on r/shittyadvice, and wonder if the story should be expanded.\n\nIt's tangentially related to this story.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I realize everyone has a different sense of humor, but even if my best, best, BEST friend for years were to call me that, I don't see myself being amused in the slightest. I don't even like when my black friends call me nigger. Like I said, to each his own. I'm not particularly uptight but that just wouldn't fly with me, ever. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "This is why white people should just not use that word.\n\nNothing good can come of it.\n\n*Edit: Exception, as in all things, for Louis C.K.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "as a black person (who lived 4 years in the \"souf\" recently), i really could care less...if the blacks choose to be offended by a mere simple word then whatever...i could be called a nigger all day by everything in existence with absolutely no fucks given....\nas i board my downvote Bathyscaphe, i bid you funny white people a good day!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Yeah, my jaw dropped and I let out an audible gasp, lol. Glad she understood in the end though. I have a bad habit of using that word to mean \"asshole\" in general so I could very easily have done the same thing :/", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Im shocked at the amount of people who are getting their panties in a bunch about what you and your friends do/say. Who gives a fuck it doesnt affect you in the slightest. It doesnt mean youre racist at all but leave it to some redditors to twist your words.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You and your friends sound like my kind of people. Glad the new friend understood once it was all explained. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "In the US, it's a DMCA violation even to rip the dvd.\n\nThe problem with torrenting isn't the downloading--it's uploading. You will be distributing bits to others. That is where you run afoul of laws. \n\nIf you don't seed after completion, and the movies are not new releases, chances of being observed are very close to nill. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "The thing I'd be more worried about is the potential civil case. If you get unlucky and they decide to sue you - even if this is a defense in your country (and I'm not sure that it is), you're still going to have to hire a lawyer and defend yourself. Time, money, stress. \n\nJust take the DVD's and deal with it. \n\nIf you can't take the DVD's because your parents want them or something - well, then you don't own them.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "depending on your opening there are a few minor differences but overall you should act something like this:\n\n1. Mine minerals untill Lings start attacking your drones. \n2. Stack your workers on one Patch\n3. If they further commit with thair lings try to mineral move through thair Lings and suround them. \n(assuming you did not surround them, but made them disengage)\n4. Keep stacking your workers on a patch as soon as the lings kommit and threaten a surround to buy time untill your spawning pool and some lings finish.\n\nIf they build 1 Spine:\n\nYou shoudl ALLWAYS be able to deny a spine that would be close to your hatch by pulling 3-4 workers before his Lings arrive (normaly they plant the spine be4 the Lings get there)\n\nAs soon as your Pool finishes build a spine and a queen (and lings ofc) and dont engage untill:\n\n*He tries to move his spine\n*You have your spine ready and are sure to crush all his stuff.\n\nDont fear taking damage on your pool and or hatch. Wait untill the very last moment but dont loose neither.\n\n*When he does a Drone allin with the early pool:\n\nsimilar to when he builds a spine, however if he commits with his drones and Lings be4 you have enough or eny Lings just run your Drones out of your Base and towards his.\nWhile he is either chasing your drones or attacking your base you have enough time to produce Lings and a Queen to hold the attack.\nNote that he is bearly (if at all) mining himself and that he will need a lot of time to kill your base so you have plenty of time. \n\nI would recommend the following for ZvZ:\n- On 2 Player Maps\nScout on 9! and 15 hatch when you do not see a early pool. With a 9 scout you are safe against early pools. if you see one just build a pool asap. \n\n-On 4 Player Maps (or if you dont want to scout)\nJust go 14 Pool. Your pool should finish right before a 6pool arrives at your base and your lings will finish right before a 7pool gets to you. \nWith maby some drone stacking etc 14 Pool is a auto win vs early pool.\n\nhope it helped. And hope my formating isnt too fucked up. noob at that", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "I TEAR OFF MY SHIRT AND SCREAM, GRABBING MY PEN WITH BOTH HANDS AS I PLUNGE IT INTO MY CHEST. STARING AT EVERYONE AROUND ME WITH DISDAIN.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I used to get odd stares when I would do it in public. I started going to the restroom for a while. Now that I am older, I figure if a woman can flip out her boob and feed her shit machine in public, I have no problem popping the cap of my syringe and stabbing myself in public.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I take my shots in public (I inject in the stomach area). I honestly don't see why I wouldn't or shouldn't do it in public.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I gave up because people were only griefing my base when noone was there, giving us no way to defend ", "score": 19 }, { "body": "Aww dutch, don't feel bad, at least you kicked my ass :)\n\nI'll miss ya, you were my arch nemesis. <3", "score": 7 }, { "body": "You can always buy prot armor. Anyways, there is always greater personal incentive in a apocalyptic world to just grief rather than build. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "No because there aren't really any in-game rewards like that, you can get the starter edition for free though: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/3250656", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "I thought you were dumb just based off your title until I came to this:\n\n>So, I've been seeing my ex for three weeks now, we dated 2 years ago for a few months, and we're having trouble. He's continuously sarcastic to me when I ask him to be nicer to me, he says \"I'm just being me.\" On top of being a sarcastic asshole to me, he's always flipping me off.\n\nYou are confirmed for stupid based off one paragraph. Seriously though OP I'm sure the relationship will get better and he will change. Hang in there. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Who has time for that? I really want to know this guys motivation, like did he lose a loved one in a fifa pro accident, why the fuck would he waste so much time doing this.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I own the SR225 for home and the DT770 Pro-80 for work.\n\nThey sound nothing alike, but I haven't found a more comfortable closed headphone than the DT770.\n\nThe DT770 has a wider soundstage and more bass, but lacks the in-your-face midrange and treble that makes the SR225 so exciting. I've read that the Fisher FA-003 are similarly comfortable, but the sound is reviewed as very \"neutral\" which (based on my experience with inexpensive \"neutral\" headphones) is not my preference.\n\nOn the upside, the DT770 Pro-80's more mellow presentation makes it easier for all-day listening as I do in my office, whereas the Grado sound gets fatiguing after hours of music or audiobooks.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "To be fair, he may be a little scared to get too excited..ya know? After trying for so long it may seem impossible to him that it's real.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I think this is common. For my SO, it only feels real during ultrasounds and maybe for half an hour afterwards. Then the baby is kind of hypothetical again to him. That doesn't mean that he's not happy, just the situation is so unfamiliar and he's so nervous about something going wrong, that he doesn't let himself make an emotional connection.\n\nI think when we know the sex and can stop saying \"it\" and call him/her by his/her name, that will make a big difference. Hopefully your husband will come round sooner :)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I'm sure he is just nervous or anxious, especially if you have been trying for a while. I think when the dr confirms it he will \"get it\". ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "i hear that a lot of men just don't really grasp it in the same way until they can see/touch/interact with the unborn in some way. you feel it in your uterus, you know the signs your body gives you etc, but what does he have to actually tell him \"preggo!\" except for a growing belly, larger breasts, and an ultrasound picture? i wouldn't hold it against him. a lot of big life events like this feel weird until it sinks in. it's like getting married. i know for me it didn't really feel like husband and wife until a few months after the big day. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "First - congratulations!! So happy for you and sorry that DH isn't being as supportive as you need.\n\nNow on to the DH - I have actually spoken to a couple of guys about this recently and they seem to have the same reaction that your DH is having. (Obviously, all men aren't like this but I guess a decent amount are??) From what these two guys said, it seems like they don't get excited until the baby has arrived - this was baby #2 for both. There is something about the physical presence of the baby that triggers all of the emotions that their wives get when seeing the positive test. Literally, this one guy said, \"Her being pregnant is, like, whatever. I don't care until the baby is here.\" Whoa. Perhaps it is a cover for anxiety - I honestly don't know. But from my experience, your DH isn't acting _that_ odd at this point. Sadly. ::Hugs::", "score": 3 }, { "body": "It might be a self-protection thing, like he doesn't want to allow himself to believe it until he's sure it's real, because he doesn't want to feel the crushing disappointment that I imagine you both have felt on all the cycles prior to this. I bet he'll come around when you both see/hear that flickering heartbeat on your first ultrasound. Hugs to you!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "He might just be trying to keep his cool and not get too excited for fear of a big let down. I'm guilty of this as well and from all accounts, I'm basically a man with a woman's body. Lol", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My husband is the same (I'm just now 5 weeks). It's taking longer for it to sink in for him. The day I first had a positive test he was like \"ok\" and went back to sleep. That afternoon I decided to go ahead and tell my parents. I told him it was ok if he wasn't excited, but I needed *somebody* to be excited with me.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My husband always downplays any progress we make and originally I thought he was just not that excited. But now I realize he doesn't want to be let down and he is trying just as hard as I am not to be super thrilled in case something happens. Its kind of sad to think of it that way but I know he doesn't want me to be a hot mess either.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "You can try a war of attrition, lure his forces to a province with high attrition, then load all your forces on boats. From these boats you should attack small groups that split of his main force en retake castles once he's out of the province. Ultimately, this should wear him down enough so that you can meet his force in the field.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "nothing you really can do, learn to speak Arabic basically. The Spanish Kingdoms must unite into one kingdom in order to stand up the muslim factions. \n\nYou can try and cheese out a win while hoping for the HRE or France to come help but I doubt it will work. \n\nThose Spanish Kingdoms are misleading, you see some small kingdoms that look great to learn with but that is actually the hardest starting location in the game. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Best thing you can do is to get an alliance with the HRE and France. England is helpful too, also just take all the spanish kingdoms ASAP so you can have something to defend with. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "One other important thing is to use your intrigue effectively. Muslim nations tend to have more issues with succession than the Christian ones do. In my current Leon/Hispania game I have assassinated at least 10 caliphs/sultans. Even if the next ruler is merely less popular, that's a good way to reduce how many troops they're throwing at you.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "sometimes you lose. Spain isn't easy. Have you played it all the way through yet? I've been able to hold him off until i could finangle an alliance before. \n\nIf you can assasinate the Fatimid Caliph, his heir may not be able to hold his empire together (they often go through succession crisis) and that might give you breathing room. Are they taking *all* your territory with this jihad?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Not tracking one or two meals a week won't ruin things so long as you're consistant (I'm sure by now you know about how much of your plate is taken up with a reasonable portion of this or that). \n\nPersonally, i don't find keto resitricive at all when eating with others. Just don't eat grains or starch and be careful with sauces. Explain to them you'll make it work (just skip the bun/pasta/mashed potatoes etc). and yous hould be fine. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Make sure your breakfast and lunch are as close to zero carbs as possible, then you can have your max carbs at dinner (probably around 20). This will let you relax with veggies and something like breading on meat. If it's just one meal, it really shouldn't knock you out of ketosis. Also - offer to make the dessert and then bring something delicious like no crust cheesecake or berries & whipped cream!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "There is absolutely *no* secular argument against same-sex marriage. The only reason it's not legal throughout the entire world is because certain religious people think it's acceptable to force their \"morals\" on everyone else, regardless of whether they agree or not. ", "score": 28 }, { "body": ">I understand that marriage is traditionally between a man and a woman\n\nIn some cultures, marriage is traditionally between a man and a woman, but not all cultures. And there are other marriage traditions that we ignore. But why are we talking about traditional? This is an issue of law.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "> what validates Kim Kardashian's joke of a marriage but makes Neil Patrick Harris' partnership so wrong?\n\nI am not a theist, but I feel I know what a reasonable theist might say. *Both* Kim Kardashian and NPH ruin the sanctity of marriage.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "To preface, I live in Canada, where same-sex marriages are quite legal, and I can tell you what bigot Christians think of it.\n\nThe basic argument boils down to: it's mostly religious institutions that perform marriages, and religious leaders are afraid that there is some sort of homosexual agenda that will eventually give legal precedent to allow gay people to force religious people to marry them.\n\nThis is my take on it: gay people want to be married. Some churches feel uncomfortable allowing gay people getting married in their church, or by their religious leader. I don't care if or where gay people get married, because it's none of my business what anyone does in their bedroom, but some people think it's their religious rite to tell people who and how they can have sex (this stems from a very long and horrid tradition the Roman Catholic church has had in dictating what sort of sex is okay).\n\nWhat may boggle most Christian minds is that the Bible doesn't actually say a whole lot about marriage, and especially it's tie to any religious ceremony. In fact, it has always seemed to be a state-organized system throughout all of humanities history, and it only became religious based when people wanted to get married in churches.\n\nI think it's perfectly possible for a gay couple to raise a child, however, it would be an interesting psychological study to follow a number of these children to see how they compare to children raised by a heterosexual couple.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As many others have said there are no good arguments, in general, against same sex marriage.\n\nIf a particular religion is law, literally, in an area then the tenets of that religion can ban same sex marriage which creates a basis that can be argued from.\n\nIn the western world, so far as my knowledge goes, there is no nation which derives its power and law from a religious source. Some could argue for England technically, but in reality that's not the case.\n\nThe \"sanctity of marriage\" is not a true concept because it isn't defined and it isn't enforced. Biblical marriage was a very different beast from modern marriage, not only because of divorce, yet people seem to have no problem disregarding the tenets even Jesus set for a marriage, or Paul for that matter.\n\nThe \"argument\", if you're so lax in terminology to call it that, against gay marriage is purely bigotry. Someone doesn't like what someone else is doing so they make up something they find substantial in order to \"back up\" their claim. To use the Christian example again, the typical anti-equal marriage rights Christian is perfectly fine with not ritually cleansing themselves every time they are touched by, or indeed excreting, menstrual blood. They also don't seem to mind wearing mixed material clothing, eating pork or shellfish.\n\nIt's a convenient excuse to use a religious tenet to \"validate\" their bigotry. They are scared of homosexuality, for whatever moronic reason, therefore they look for any excuse they can to fight it but still view themselves as good people. If you care to notice the arguments made today are extremely similar to those made against interracial marriage a few decades ago in America. Someone with irrational hate and fear doesn't require rational proof to justify that hatred and fear.\n\nTL;DR: There is no good argument, secular or religious, against same sex marriage. The \"arguments\" are purely built from fear and hate using no evidence or reason of their own. People are filled with fear and hate therefore they latch onto whatever sounds acceptable to them to justify their fear and hate.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I don't think that anyone who is opposed to homosexual marriages would argue that Kardashian's marriage is anything but a mockery of what they hold holy.\n\nI'm going to play the devil's advocate here; while 'traditional' marriage has, for example, included a man and multiple wives in the past, the general purpose of marriage was for the establishment of a biological family; considerations of love and sexual attraction were secondary. Even in cultures that were relatively tolerant of homosexual relationships, such as Sparta or Athens, the idea of homosexual marriage rarely came up. Homosexual marriages did occur in Rome, but they weren't officially registered as such by the state, and they were widely considered jokes. (Note: I'm only speaking about Europe and the Near East, as that's all I really feel qualified to discuss.)\n\nAll of that said, *our* idea of marriage is tied up with the concept of romantic love, rather than reproduction. If love is the primary reason for marriage, then there's little reason to discriminate on gender lines.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "You \"lost\" a good chat? If it was so good why did the two of you stop? It takes 5 seconds to type an email address.\n\nYou mean he hung up on you? He did that for a reason. \n\nThis smells of narc.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I actually think the whole 'timey-wimey/explody-wody' speak sounds a lot more natural coming from Eleven. It's kinda weird and childish.", "score": 36 }, { "body": "It's the Doctor, the same Doctor. He is still the same person. So what if he says something similar to what he said before he regenerated?", "score": 22 }, { "body": "I agree, I thought the \"timey-wimey\" line was fantastic committing from Tennant because of the context, that is, dumbing down a _vital_ explanation for a person the Doctor hardly knows.\n\nMuch as I like Smith I cringe every time it is reused without suitable context.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "He actually first says 'explody-whoady' at the [Doctor Who 2010 Proms](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmj5rNY390&feature=fvwrel). I don't know if that is considered canon at all, but it seems quite fitting at the time, especially when you see him interacting with the kid (which is just FABULOUS).", "score": 7 }, { "body": "That never bothered me. What did bother me was that Rory just sat there when the Dalek was booting up. It just felt that someone who has been travelling with the Doctor should know that something on an alien planet is dangerous. But he just say there asking if it wanted eggs.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm a parent (I read CF because I support it). One of my children, the oldest, has severe Down Syndrome and Autism. If illnesses like autism and DS aren't serious thoughts when people decide to have, or not have, children, then they really should be. Life has not been easy at all with my son and he will be dependent on me, 100%, for the rest of his life. Which is most likely the rest of mine....\n\nAutism is definitely about routine, but I can't figure out a routine that would involve that and I would have stopped my own son from doing something like that. I wouldn't allow it to get started, if that was some type of routine they had.\n\nWhen people decide to have children, I sure do hope they're taking into account all the things that can happen. Being the parent of a disabled child (and later on, adult) is very serious. I think a lot of people today don't take it nearly as seriously as they should.", "score": 40 }, { "body": "I work with kids with special needs, this might actually be part of the childs therapy. When a child has Occupational Therapy, many times the therapist will encourage the parents to find 'heavy work' for the child to do, such as opening a door that is heavy or hard to open a couple times in a row. It's 'homework' and it helps the child interact and progress if they push or pull something. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I have often commented that one reason I don't want kids is because I do not want to deal with a child with special needs, I don't feel I have the patience or desire to do it even if it were my own. I have been downvoted into oblivion for that stance which I seriously don't understand. If you know there is a chance you would be a terrible parent don't assume the risk of being a parent! ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I have two cousins with Down Syndrome, a history of mental illness in my immediate family (including myself, I have pretty severe Panic Anxiety Disorder), issues with alcoholism, etc. As wonderful as my cousins are I could not take care of a child with DS. One of my aunts has done an amazing job raising her child while the other struggled a LOT (in her defense my uncle died early on in the child's life so she was dealing with it alone). I'm still somewhat of a fence-sitter, like 98% sure I don't want kids, but if I ever did I would for sure get the prenatal screening tests because I feel like mine would be high-risk for that. Come to think of it I should probably just not pass on my genes, hah.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Some context: Before today, the Elite League refused to accept any locked-out NHL players on short-term contracts (only full season contracts allowed). However, the governmental Competition Board/Authority saw this as a hindrance to free movement/trade and now has disallowed this limitation.\n\nSo what'll happen now? Either the league throws in the towel and it's a free-for-all, or they'll continue being obstinate (my guess) and will weasel out somehow while still obeying the competition laws. Exactly how I dunno - perhaps set up some kind of exorbitant \"fee\" for short-term contracts. At any rate, it'll just lead to a game of chicken among the teams initially before they all rush to grab the few remaining players.\n\nEDIT: Haha, that didn't take long. The teams are already rushing to grab players. The league itself is still \"analyzing the situation\" and probably will just drag their feet and silently retreat.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Frölunda HC will probably get Henrik Lundqvist, Erik Karlsson and Loui Eriksson. Nicklas Bäckström probably to Brynäs. This will be pretty interesting here in Sweden.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I'm annoyed, and I genuinely fear for the costs that some clubs will take on during this brief lockout. Then again, I completely expected this to happen. It was a clear violation of the competition laws, and as we all know, these types of cartels rarely work out. As long as one or two teams want to cheat on the agreement, then it'll go down the drain, just like it happened this time. \n\nHonestly, the lockout has ruined the season for me. It'll just be a gigantic mess that will create havoc that will be very costly. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "**Portsmouth Oktoberfest** - Sunday, 9/23, Noon to 9 PM. North Landing in Olde Towne Portsmouth. Sixth annual beer/live music fest, put on by The Bier Garden. Tickets are $5, not sure what beers will cost.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "[ODU Football](http://www.odusports.com) on Saturday. 12:00 kickoff against the University of New Hampshire Wildcats. The game is sold out, but tickets can be found on Craigslist (I also have a friend selling 4 endzone seats if anyone is interested).\n\nODU is 3-0 and currently ranked 5th in the nation for FCS teams.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Arcades at Selden Arcade - Saturday 10am to 3pm. Pinball, classics, moderns, consoles and more! [Reddit thread by telmnstr](http://www.reddit.com/r/norfolk/comments/107n7h/arcades_at_selden_arcade_saturday_10am_to_3pm/) || [Facebook event link](https://www.facebook.com/events/445144025528570/)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Yard work at my house. Come over and help me pull weeds, crab grass and trim some trees for all the pepperoni pizza you can eat* :-)\n\n*by all, I mean limit 1 per person", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I never find anything offensive. Seriously, I have never been offended. \n\nIt comes with more than 3 decades of not giving a shit.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "By filtering things through logic BEFORE emotion, and developing a thick skin. After all, life is short; you choose the hill you're going to die on.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "By the bearded drunkards of Kaz Modan, how many points is that army? 4000?\n\nDoes have a good mix of everything in the book, though seems a bit small squad-size-wise for such a huge list. You'd be better off running the warriors 10 wide and at least 3 deep (so 30) to take advantage of the hoard rules (that way all fo them can swing). And maybe turning 15 ironbreakers into hammerers, or vice versa to get a 30 man squad of those.\n\nEven bigger squads will be helpful, since dwarves are so low iniative, you'll take wounds first and want to have at least 30 survivors to swing back at them.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "No offence, but if my girlfriend wanted me to stop going to the club I would have a problem with it. If you can't trust me you don't deserve me. :3", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Soo... What is the right age to hit a club? I'm not saying that it's necessarily a good idea, and certainly if there's a rougher crowd she should be going with friends she can trust, but when is it appropriate to be out to the cruddy bars and clubs?\n\nI ask because that's what I did primarily from 18-21 and I found myself surrounded by a lot of people my own age. The drinking age in my area is 18, so it was basically a rite of passage. This might have something to do with it in her case *shrugs*\n\nIf it truly is safety you're worried about, I'm with ujjezebel-Go with her. Then it becomes a fun, shared experience and you can get a better idea of the place, while keeping an eye on your girlfriend and her friends. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I wouldn't be thrilled either, but you've made your opinion known and it isn't your place to tell her what she can or cannot do- either go with her (but not in a hovering-over-her-shoulder kind of way) or let her make her choice.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Hmmm, perhaps a compromise is in order? \n\nI would suggest going with her as a \"DD\" (just in case) with the understanding between you two that you can step in if things get out of hand.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Is there any reason you couldn't go with her? That way you could look out for her, and she could still have her fun.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "yeah, I tend to play the federation cruiser differently, but when the game hands you transporters you almost have no other choice.\n\nAlso since boarding gives extra stuff you'd be a fool not to use that tactic as much as possible.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Upvote for melatonin ;)\n\nI'm really wondering if the human body decreases natural melatonin production when taking it for a prolonged length of time. Other than that, it seems like the perfect sleeping aid.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "The memory retention article is written in Japanese and can be bought here: \nhttps://www.foodchemicalnews.co.jp/shop/cart_list.html\n\nOverview of the content of the issue:\nhttps://www.foodchemicalnews.co.jp/page/product.html?pcd=505\n\nThe following (Japanese) universities have a copy of the magazine:\nhttp://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/AA11298781#anc-library\n\nSo the article does exist but was (probably) never translated.\nPerhaps you ask the authors of some of the papers quoting the paper how they got the information.\n", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Made this a while ago. [Tips](http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/znn4y/all_my_knowledge_part_1/) ", "score": 26 }, { "body": "Don't spend too much time on this subreddit. Although some of it really is quality content, a lot of it is the whining of spoiled children, rumour-spreading, and reactionary hate.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "Kill everything... literally kill everything, bunnies and birds as well (gives u achievements points)", "score": 6 }, { "body": "specific to elementalist... dont sit in one attunement. swapping attunements often makes far better use of cooldowns as a whole. also, you get effects that happen when you attune, like bolts of lightning hitting your target when you attune to air.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Craft.\n\nAs an elementalist, I'd say pick up tailoring (or artificer) and cooking. I suggest those because cooking has it's own set of ingredients, so there won't be an overlap of mats holding you up. I'd pair that with either tailoring or artificer to go along with making armour or weapons. I'd lean to tailoring as that will also provide you with highly useful bags. Throw in the experience gain from crafting, and it is something I think no one should skip.\n\n*edit* also read the link Koranuso put up, it is a great guide.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "A couple tips specifically for your chosen profession as an elementalist:\n\n1. Get good at attunement dancing. Unless you're fighting one easy mob you're going to want to switch between every element on a near constant basis. In dungeons and the like, you should be swapping so much that you hardly have time for an auto attack (at least with staff, I've found). This isn't so necessary during events since things die so fast but soloing multiple mobs and in dungeons swapping is imperative!\n\n2. Don't listen to the naysayers. I can't comment on PvP or WvW since I haven't done any, but elementalists do perfectly fine in PvE, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Sure the profession could use some love from the devs but it's by no means unplayable or ineffective, it's just that some other professions have it a little easier is all. \n\n**Edit**\n3. Arcane Blast is a very powerful utility skill. Instant cast, blast finisher that you can cast even when dodging or casting something else? YES PLEASE. Use it to add some nice extra healing with a water field or add a few stacks of might with a fire field, does some decent damage too. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Listen to NPC's. Talk to NPC's. Stick around after events. Not just because their story may be interesting, but rather because a lot of dynamic events are chained together. NPC's will talk to one-another and set up another event which often leads to some epic stuff in the very end. \n\nI remember going from beating and nurturing little spider-looking things to tame them, to escorting a guy and his troupe of spiders across the land, to capturing a massive spider for use in an assault, to...well - let's not spoil the rest. It's a ~10-part long dynamic event chain which can be found in Fireheart Rise that even \"splits\" at a part with 2 events running side by side.\n\nThe dynamic event system is very well done when it works out efficiently and it's a joy to watch it unfold. Not to mention exploration in general. Be it ghost pirates in jumping puzzles or anything else, there's so much to discover in Tyria.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "This has to be first: Relax and enjoy yourself. Remember you're playing a game for fun... enjoy the ride. There's no race to the finish. Just about everything gives you XP - exploring, healing other characters... pretty much everything gives you more XP than killing monsters.\n\n* You can deposit collectibles into your bank, directly from your inventory.\n\n* You can put things onto the Black Lion Trading Company market directly from your inventory.\n\n* I personally found it a huge improvement on my quality of life to buy 2 more bank slots, and 2 more bag slots, on my main character. You don't have to, but it was worth it to me.\n\n* Buy larger bags from the BLTC, or learn to make them yourself.\n\n* Get the cheapest harvesting tools you can, as early as you can, and harvest everything. You get XP! And even if you don't want to craft (which gets you XP) you can sell it all on the BLTC.\n\n* As soon as you get a new type of weapon you can use... try it out! You might like it better. \n\n* As soon as you can, buy the SECOND cheapest salvage kit you can, and salvage everything. Do this until around level 15... maybe 20.\n\n* When an event finishes... hang around a little while. Listen to the NPCs. You may learn something... and a new event may spawn.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "dm can resole them, any cobbler can too but not with the familiar PVC sole\n\nit's also totally normal for soles to wear unevenly on the outside edges", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "The Great and Wonderful Wikipedia shall help ye in thy quest for [knowledge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok).\n\nBut srsly, my co-teacher tells me it's basically Korean Thanksgiving - everyone returns to their hometown to spend time with their families, and eat good food, and celebrate harvest time. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "It's generally romanized as \"Chuseok\", which is probably why when you tried to look it up, you couldn't find anything about it.\n\nHere's wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuseok\nAnd from the Korean tourism site: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=811650\n\nedit: spelled > romanized", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "For other programmers: Code comments answer *why* you are doing something, not *what you are doing*. The code can tell me what you are doing.\n\nFor the population at large (this sort of comes from my IT background): Computers won't break if you touch them. If your toaster wasn't working, you'd check to see if it was plugged in, right? Same goes for your computer. It won't break because you checked the plugs.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I'm a testing engineer. \n\nBasicly if the manual says that you don't do something with the product, you don't. It has been tested.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Programmers, take time to learn how to communicate with non-technical users. It will make your job and theirs much more pleasant.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I run the I.T. Department at a financial institution. Take the time to really recognize your online banking log on screens. Always make sure you're seeing your verification phrase/picture before putting any personal information in. You would be surprised at how easy it is to trick people with a fake log on page. \n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "As someone who works within child protective services, I suggest that parents should stay off crack cocaine. Oh, and don't beat or diddle your children.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Network Engineer: Make sure you know what device you are logged into before you wipe startup and reload.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Everyone I know uses El Cheapo (and they're great), although the last time I moved I used a U Haul cargo van and did 2 trips. I was just moving down the street and it cost me about $35 with furniture blankets and a moving dolly. If you don't have huge stuff that can't be taken apart this is the best option.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "No matter who you decide to hire do the following:\n\n- Record any conversation you have with *any* of their staff at any point with your phone or something (Tap-a-talk on Android is pretty sweet).\n- Get everything on paper; this includes receipts, invoices, **eeeeeverything**.\n- Anything worth money that's not furniture and important to your operations (i.e. computer towers) take yourself. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Expect to get bent over, it will just be a matter of how gentle you are treated.\n\nObviously we don't know where you are moving to/from/how much crap/apartment?/stairs or elevator/etc, but I would tell you to be prepared for at least a 500.00 cost..\n\nKeep a bunch of stuff to move yourself just in case you really get boned, refuse to pay, and they refuse to unload your stuff and take it back to their warehouse. (It has happened and its a civil matter, no one will help you on the spot)\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "i used El Cheapos for a move within downtown. Their service and price was great supplied everything needed for the move.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Hey,\n\nStill interested. Did the pdoc describe criteria under which your wife would be released? It doesn't seem right to release her if she is still having delusions. The way it's going so far, I'd be concerned that she's not going to be ready in 2 weeks. I thought she'd be out of the psychosis by now. What has the pdoc had to say about the discrepancies between what she tells you and what she tells others? Smart to decline the overnight passes. My concern is that whereas she might reach something approach normal soon in her interactions with other people, it will take longer for her to achieve the same with you. \n\nNext time you see the doctor ask him if your wife needs to do anything about Seasonal Affective Disorder. The sunlight is getting weaker and we're headed into the dark dismal depressing season. It's usually treated with a therapy light. Ask him.\n\nThe trouble with her white knight delusion is that it could cause her to wander off. \n\nYou are getting pretty good updates from the doctor. How are things going with your children? How did those visits go? \n\nIs your counsellor providing you with helpful information? I'm sure you are still scrambling to figure out everything.\n\nI'm still following your story and wishing you luck.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Thank you for the update. Just wanted to let you know your first post really stuck with me, and I still keep an eye out every so often for your updates. You seem like an amazing father and husband, and while it may sound a little creepy coming from a stranger over the internet, I'm rooting for you. I sincerely wish your wife a speedy recovery and a swift return to normalcy soon.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "On a positive note, I made sure we had an upgrade squirreled away for a Galaxy S3 for the sysadmin :)", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I think the owner of my company is taking a pretty level headed approach to it after finding out that it is only a 2% change from the 4s. He said \"fuck that, we'll wait, or go droid when the contract is ready for renewal.\"\n\n\"Phew.\"", "score": 6 }, { "body": "We're not deploying iPhone 5's.\n\nPlain and simple. I've already told four staff to get back in their box.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I've told the mail room ladies to inform me of any packages that appear to be phones that are coming in. So i can dodge those users\n\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "None, they hate dealing with new phones and it's not a matter of having the newest and the best, they just want one that works and they are familiar with.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm cool with adding a second Wild-Card team. It creates more money and keeps more fans invested in the season. That's all well and good and I understand it. \n\nBUT, a goddamned 1-game sudden-death playoff is awful. At minimum make it a 3 game series. A 1 game playoff doesn't determine who has the better team. At best all it determines is which starting pitcher has an off day.", "score": 78 }, { "body": "I'm okay with the addition of another wild card team. What I'm not okay with is the roster rules for the wild card game. I think the playoff rosters should be set before this game. With the game being an elimination game it's going to create an all star-like game with the starter only going a few innings and a new relief pitcher every other batter.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "It's not gonna be so awesome when a very good team gets knocked out of the playoffs by a not very good team because they had one bad game. One bad inning, even.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I think it's made the playoffs chase so much more exciting. It also allows more geographically diverse teams a chance to compete for an AL wildcard berth instead of the slot being eaten up by the Yankees or the Red Sox every year.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "It was better last year. Or at least the end of the season was. The worst part about the new rule is that a situation like what happened last year wouldn't have mattered.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I think the 3-game scenario would work best. Best of 3 would make it alot more interesting, and it wouldn't take THAT much longer. Play the first 2 games back to back and then the 3rd game after a day of rest if necessary.\n\nI feel like the MLB will realize a 3-game series is a better idea and will implement it in the next 2-3 years, if not next season.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "It's pretty exciting, I just wish the play-in series was more than a single game. I'd hate to see our team fight so hard all year just to lose one game in a fluky way and have our postseason be over. It should be three games at the very least.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If we are going to have wildcards then the schedule must be balanced. Milwaukee, LA and St. Louis are competing for that last wildcard in the NL. Because of the unbalanced schedule, they played different number of games against the other NL teams AND LA played its interleague games against the AL West, while STL and MIL played theirs against the AL Central. Everyone needs to play everyone roughly the same amount of times if the wildcards will ever be remotely fair.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "not familiar with this particular piece of malware, but in general, i always start with ComboFix, and then run 2 virus scans: first one from safe mode, and the second one from a different computer (ie, take the infected drive out, hook it up to a different computer via usb, and then scan it. that way you can be sure that any viruses still on it aren't running at the time of scan, and messing with the results)\n\ni'd recommend either Kaspersky or Nod32 as the antivirus for this; last i knew they were tied for best on the market (it's been a bit, though). AVG's alright, though not great. Norton/Symantec and McAfee are crap, don't use them.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Sounds like you are doing a fabulous job giving Kes her exercise!\n\nPablo gets a 15-minute walk in the morning before breakfast. We take him out really quick during lunch.\n\nRight when I come home from work I take him to our local dog park in the woods. We do 2 laps which takes about 45 minutes to an hour, depending on how many squirrels there are. Half of the time he is usually running, so he burns a lot of energy there.", "score": 29 }, { "body": "Wow, that’s a lot! What kind of dog is she? My dog gets 30 in the mornings by the wife after I’ve gone to work, then I take him for a bike ride to the park where he romps with his stupid friends for an hour, then a ride home. Usually sleeps after that for a few hours, then another 30 minutes late on at night. He’s also got access to the backyard when we’re around to watch him, and he romps around there.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "She gets 30-45 minutes on weekdays. Then on weekends I sub in dog park time instead of walks. If she isn't very active at the park I will take her on a walk afterwards. But after 2 hours at the park she is maxed out and ready for sleep. \n", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Back when I had a crapload of foster dogs at the house (as many as 16 at a time), there were just too many dogs to go walking with, and to be able to expect anyone to get exercised to speak of.\n\nSo I used to grab a bag of chips, get on the riding lawnmower, and would go tearing around the farm, throwing handfuls of chips out every so often. I would run the hell out of everyone for about 30 minutes.\n\nThen we would work on obedience and other in general training with them.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "That's fantastic - I bet Kes is a very happy pup.\n\n3 times a week we get up extra early to take ours on a 3 mile walk (~ 1 hour) by the beach before we get ready for work. On the alternate days we take them to the dog park after work for an hour for fun playtime. Otherwise, weekday walks are about 20 minutes around the neighborhood morning, afternoon and right before bed. On the weekends, we typically walk to the park or beach (or dog beach!) or downtown for some patio beers and food so they get in a few miles back and forth.\n\nA tired dog is a good dog :)", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Well, I don't actually walk mine much at all. \n\nI live in the countryside, I just open the door and let them roam the garden for as long as they please, and then we just chill. Sometimes we take them out to a beach or something where they can really stretch their legs, but that's like once every two weeks or so. \n\nI'd say my dogs are outside almost 10 hours a day in the summer, but in the winter they're let out about 5 or 6 times a day for about 10 to 20 minutes, because I live in Iceland and it does get quite cold.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "my 7 yr old lab has arthritis, so on a regular weekday he only gets 2x15 min walk now. On the weekend, one will be ~30 min. \n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "[Walks don't cut it](http://scottpulver.smugmug.com/Pets/Willow-Ball/19965451_DJrJQv#!i=1572420937&k=rwksXBC_) for my Willow.\n\nI could go out 5 times a day and she would still be wired, but get her out twice a day for a good 4 or 5 sprints and all is good.\n\nI've owned several dogs and differences in needs/desires is striking. Willow is not food obsessed but sprinting obsessed. My Lab/Malmute mix that passed 2 years ago just wanted to catalog all the dogs at the park and neighborhood and he was good.\n\nDogs needs/behaviors are as diverse as ours, albeit much more predictable.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Mine gets about 30-45mins of a high intensity walk/run in the morning. And by high intensity I mean about 2-3 miles of straight running for him (rollerblading for me). If I'm too lazy for that, then we'll go to the dog park for about that amount of time as well. Not as intense, but still plenty of exercise.\n\nThen he'll be in the kennel from about 8:45 to 12:00 while I'm at work. Let him out for an hour while I eat lunch/watch TV. Then back in the Kennel from 1-5 or 6 (depending on if I go grocery shopping or not). Then usually the dog park again with lots of other dogs (and lots of exercise). \n\nHe sleeps in his kennel all day, which a lot of people don't like, but he seems to do ok, and I make up for it with the rollerblading and dog park.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Cubby is a shepherd mix, not sure what the mix is, but he can be pretty high energy. We do about a half hour walk if its nice outside, daily. I take him to the dog park as many times as possible during the week, and on weekends, weather permitting. He is having knee issues, so it really depends on how he feels too. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My dogs, Kuma & Kira (10 year old Rottweilers) get 4-5 30 min walks per day. They just had their semi-annual check up on Monday and they weigh exactly the same 111.7 and the doc said they are in great health for their age. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "We have a lot of hiking trails nearby in the metro parks that we take our Beagles to.\n\nTypically, it's 2-3 miles in the morning and another 1.5-2 miles in the evening (weather permitting). That amount of stimulation keeps them pretty calm.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I just adopted a 2yr old Aussie and right now he gets 15 minutes in the morning to run around the yard when I'm in the shower and getting ready for work then a 10 minute walk around the block. After work I walk him for only 30 minutes right now. His foster house had a ton of dogs in it and they got very short walks so he didn't get much exercise. All he did was eat and sleep which turned him into a 80lb manatee/lazy ass. You can kind of see it in [this pic](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/399704_466420720045468_122576393_n.jpg), his neck is thin but his shoulders back are huge. I've had him for almost 3 weeks now and we just started our new routine this week (didn't know he was so overweight until last weekend). I'm slowly building him up to more exercise and hope to get him up to longer walks soon. \n\nWeekends we do 2 good walks during the day with smaller ones here and there as well as playing with my buddies aussies or a herding session at the dog park. It's hilarious watching him try to herd the dogs at the dog park for 5 minutes then get tired and come sit by me. 5 minutes of rest later he's back at it. Rinse repeat for an hour or two. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My dog only gets about 30 minutes in the morning and 30 Minutes after work. But they're English Bulldogs and they're lazy and get tuckered out pretty quick. On Sunday's we go to my parents house and they have alot of land and they stay outside all day. When we bring them home we almost have to carry them upstairs to our loft.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Our 2 1/2 year old medium-sized mutt usually gets two or three 20-30 minute walks a day, or we'll sub dog park. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "None. We have 1/3 of an acre, and our dogs play with each other ALL. DAY. They get their exercise. The older 3 are wonderful on leashes, since we did use to walk them several times a week. The puppy is 6 months old today, and rather ADHD-ish. But he's an Aussie. That happens. I've been working on leash training him for about a month, and he's really good on it. He's just not too sure about the streets yet.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I went with Maya right off the bat. I play with my room mates and I like to play support class. But at the same time you can deal out so much damage in her cat tree it is ridiculous. Maya is awesome.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I went with Zero. I'm playing him with the bloodshed tree and it's so ridiculously epic. I love using deception and then slashing from behind for huge numbers. It's so much fun.\n\nIn the first one, I loved Lilith mostly because I would abuse her phasewalk. I think I might like characters that can go invisible...", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Have fun with the new units :) Mothership core can be used for some neat high templar timings. \n\nFocus on getting storm asap and then warp and max energy on 2 templar. Can even get warp prism/speed and play with fast templar drops! I love keeping everything chrono'd too... ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I got a shopping cart at the grocery store last week and this black lady walked over and smacked my hands like I was a child. Confused she takes a disinfectant wipe and cleans the handle of the shopping cart. In a very old southern black woman's voice she said, \"You gonna catch the flu, it be flu season!\" ", "score": 91 }, { "body": "I run a pawn shop, I've seen some stuff... Man. Anyway, a few months ago a guy came in to sell some Bose speakers, we chatted for a bit, seemed like a nice guy, as he turned around to leave there was a woman standing in the queue with a litter of children hanging off her. She looked like she had had a tough life, with her was a bag of wii games, the kids were silent and stood close to their mother. The guy, without even a second thought handed the woman $100 and leaned in and said to her what I only assume was \"you could probably use this better than me\". She almost instantly cried and left my shop. The fact that he did that was astonishing, the fact that he didn't make a scene about handing her the money was truly inspirational. Good work guy. ", "score": 67 }, { "body": "I'm always that nice cunt!\n\nIf you broke down on the hard shoulder to change a tyre in England, i probably helped you.\n\nIf you are drunk and upset over an Ex being a cunt, it was me that consoled you.\n\nIf you needed a lift home and i'd only had a 1 beer - i would take you home and go back and keep drinking.\n\nFunnily enough, that sort of shit never happens to me. So i've concluded to a couple of things.\n\n1) I'm lonely.\n2) I can handle my liquor.\n3) Karma so far hasn't served me well.\n\n I also might be jesus, not sure yet, i will post my findings later.", "score": 61 }, { "body": "Some little old lady return my wallet to me. I didn't even know I had lost it. She just showed up at my front door all nice and sweet. She kept calling me \"young man\". It was extremely endearing.", "score": 31 }, { "body": "You really shouldn't be getting into cars with strangers... crying drunk girls are easy targets. It was nice of him to do, though.\n\nI was driving home drunk one night (yeah, I know) and got a flat tire. Pulled over in a church parking lot and just sat there for a few minutes, wondering if I should call my parents to pick me up or just walk the rest of the way home. A guy I didn't know pulled up behind me. I was scared as fuck, given it was the middle of the night on a country road in the middle of nowhere, but the guy just offered to change my tire. He only asked for a cigarette in return. I was so grateful that I didn't have to call my parents while I was drunk, I gave him a huge hug. That was about 3 or 4 years ago.\n\nCoincidentally, I saw the same guy in a gas station a few months ago. I recognized him and thanked him again for his help that night. Bought him a 6-pack and a pack of Newports. It felt nice to be able to pay him back after years of wondering who the hell he was. \n\n", "score": 29 }, { "body": "I don't have any good stories, but I'll tell you this: I've changed more flat tires for strangers than most. ESPECIALLY if it's a woman. With a mom, wife, and daughter, I know that the LAST thing I'd want any of them doing is being stranded anywhere due to a flat. I always refuse any compensation, and instead just tell them what comes around goes around, and that it all works out in the end.", "score": 28 }, { "body": "Just today. I'm from Australia and have been looking for a particular CD of a local band in Orlando, Florida for a while now. It was very limited edition and never thought I would actually get it. Today I decided to google it again and found a couple of leads, one of which I followed only to find out he was a band member. He was so flattered that someone from the other side of the world had gone to this much trouble to locate this limited edition CD from 2008 that he went and looked for it and found a copy. I'm still in negotiations with him about posting it to me, but he has taken the time out of his day, that he didn't need to, and done a rip of the CD and sent it to me. ", "score": 27 }, { "body": "On my 19th birthday, I was on a park bench making a phone call. I was telling the person how I wasn't expecting presents since everyone I hung out with was broke. Not complaining, just sayin'. After I hung up, a lady who had been sitting nearby came up to me. She said she'd overheard my conversation and felt bad because everyone should get some kind of present on their birthday. She handed me a little dish scrubber she'd just bought, saying it wasn't much but it was great for washing dishes. \n\nMade me so happy - such a kind gesture from a total stranger, plus it was actually a really useful present!", "score": 26 }, { "body": "I had just moved to a new town, which is somewhat out in the woods. I was completly on my own. I had to drop a uhaul off on the other side of town. \"No worries, i got a bike,\" I says to myself.\n\nUhaul place turns out to be about 5 miles further than I thought (so about ten miles total). \"No worries, i got plenty of daylight left,\" I says to myself.\n\n1/4 of the way home it starts to rain. I got no rain jacket. 1/2 home I get lost. No smart phone. Phone I do have is almost out of power, but the only person I can call is my fiancee and she's 3000 miles away at school.\n\nAfter a while I realize that I'm going the wrong way, becaues I should have hit the major cross street by now. But I don't know if I'm going north, west, south, or east. I figure I'll try and stop someone for directions, because there's no houses or stores or *anything* on the road I'm on.\n\nNobody wants to stop. I haven't shaved, i'm soaking wet and dirty, and I'm on the side of the road in the woods. I can't really blame them.\n\nFinnally a single beat up old car pulls up, and an old dude gets out. Not only does he offer me directions (despite me probably looking like a serial killer from a horror movie) he then tells me to put my bike in his trunk (and get it all muddy) and then drives me home. He doesn't take no for an answer, and won't take any money for his trouble.\n\nOld dude, I never even got your name, but you really helped me out. I'd have probably spent all night in those woods, because I later discovered I'd been going west for five miles when I should have been going north.\n", "score": 24 }, { "body": "My mom is like overly nice. She picked up my brother from the airport, late at night. She had not seen him in one year. When they were paying the parking fee they saw a credit card someone had left in the machine. They started asking people if there name was the one on the card but couldn't find anyone. This is a small airport so there was no staff who took in lost objects. They called me who was at home and asked if I could find out where this person lives or a phone number. I give them the address and number, they try calling it but no answer. They drive to the address and try several more times finally someone picks up. He is very confused and amazed that they came with his credit card and takes a long time until he gets out of the apartment to meet them. He must have been searching through the place for anything he could give them for all of their trouble. He shows up with a basket of peaches, they tasted pretty good.\n\nShe has also lent her car to a complete stranger when she got talking to him and learned he had no way of getting somewhere. ", "score": 21 }, { "body": "Last month I took one of those cheap overnight busses from Cincinnati to New York to visit my boyfriend. The air conditioning was blasting to the point that my toes were numb. The driver didn't speak English, nor did any of the passengers that i heard talking, so I couldn't communicate with anyone. Hours go by and I can't get a wink of sleep.\nWe finally stop at a gas station in Pennsylvania where the driver let us out to stretch. I bumped into a guy who was sitting on the back of the bus, and he spoke English! We share a quick conversation about how cold it was, then I got back on the bus. Five minutes later he boards and hands me a bag. \"I bought you a sweatshirt\". I didn't know what to say. All I could do was thank him as he walked back to his seat. I slept like a baby the rest of the way to New York. \nWhen we finally arrived in NYC, I waited for him to get off so I could pay him back and thank him again. He must have not seen me, because he walked straight to his friend's car and they drove off. I've never met someone so selfless. ", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I work with young children and a parent was telling me of her concerns for her child (8 months) who had croup and was struggling at night. She explained the only thing helping was steaming up the bathroom but she couldnt exactly do that all night. \nAnother parent who didn't know her at all overheard and said to her \"Its so hard when our children are sick, what's your address? I'll drop off our vaporiser for you to borrow for a couple of weeks if you like\" \nI thought that was very thoughtful and the parent got visibly upset, I know she couldn't afford to buy a vaporiser and was anxious about the nights with croup. We need to see more of these genuinely nice people! ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Me and my boyfriend have a little scooter, and our gas gauge doesn't work. So yeah, we ran out of gas. We were about a mile to the next gas station. My boyfriend was pushing the scooter, and we were just walking to the nearest gas station, and there was this guy outside mowing his lawn, and he had a little gas can for the lawn mower. Well anyways, he let us fill up our tank all the way! People just don't do that anymore, and even his mom was all being a bitch about it and was looking at me and my boyfriend like we were pieces of shit, and as we rode off we heard her screaming at him for doing that. It pissed me off, because it was seriously the nicest thing a stranger has ever EVER done for me! It made me have a little more faith in humanity! ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I spent a lot of time volunteering with kids with cancer when I was younger and one of the fundraisers we did was a Chinese auction. People donated things to help raise money for the cause and there was always an abundance of ugly handmade afghans up for auction. I really wanted one, and though I put tickets in every bucket, and despite being one of only a handful of people trying to win one, my tickets were never picked. My mother and I were sharing a table at the function with an elderly woman who learned of my volunteer work. I joked about not winning a blanket and went on my merry way. A few months later, on Christmas morning I opened a gift that said \"love, Angel Ruth.\" That elderly woman from the Chinese auction had asked my mom for our address and had crocheted me the most beautiful blanket for Christmas. I still have it, and I will never forget her kindness", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I was in a walking cast for a fair while this year, and I was on my way home. I live at the top of two hills, so I was given a disability scooter to help me get to the top. It started pouring rain, so hard that I could barely see in front of me, and I was drenched. I hear some lady shouting and next thing I know this woman comes running out of the building and hands me an umbrella. It was so lovely.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I just remembered one. I had gone jogging thinking I could beat an approaching storm but halfway back from my jog the clouds were overhead and the wings had picked up a lot (it was gonna be a HUGE storm). I started to panic when I heard the tornado sirens going off. luckly, a lady that had been out gardening earlier had seen me and caught up with me in a mini-van to drive me home so I wouldn't be left out in the storm. I was very thankful. Fun fact, apparently her grandfather invented the ejector seat for jet aircraft.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Years ago I was helping a friend work as a mascot for a major football game (Australian), At some point I lost my wallet between the stadium and the train station.\n\nAt the time I lived in the city (Melbourne) I freaked out that somebody had used all my cards etc and cancelled everything withing the day I lost it.\n\n2 days later my parents called me and asked why my wallet had turned up in a mailing envelope, Turns out whoever had found it had only found my last address on my ID (since I had recently moved to the city) and sent it back there, Only taking the 5 dollars cash I had in my wallet at time, which would have only paid postage for them.\n\n...I don't know who you are but...thankyou person who picked up a scared 18 year old fresh from the country girls wallet and sent it to the address on the ID.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I went to a bachelor party in Vegas, and one night we got all dressed up in blazers and the one Marine in the group wore his dress blues. We went to eat dinner, and when it came time to pay the waitress told us somebody who was leaving when we came in told them he was paying for our dinner because he saw the dress blues. Over $1,000 for people he never met, and none of us have any idea who he was.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon on campus and put on probation, this would have ruined my entire life because its a felony and I intend to join the Marines. My probation officer was an ex-marine and he talked the judge into lowering the felony to a misdemeanor. That man saved my future. I can't thank him enough. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I wouldn't say I was floored by this - nor was it a kindness - just something that made my day. I was eating lunch in a parking lot in my car. I notice the car ahead of me parking and when the lady opened her door - she smoked the next's car door as well. At the time - the parking lot was mostly empty and she could've made a quick getaway - though I made a mental note of her license plate. But instead she patiently waited for the driver of the car to return and gave her her insurance info. She did something wrong but was willing to pay the price for it. Not really kind - but certainly an honest person. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "On a very hot day I was walking in the city and passed someone who was struggling with a parking meter ticket machine thing. I pointed out the sign from the city council that said because of an event nearby parking was free and the machines were turned off.\n\nAfter realizing his mistake he thanked me and I started to go on my way. After a couple of seconds he called me back and said he didn't want to deal with the handful of change he was going to use for parking and put it into my hand and told me to buy a coke or something with it.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I got into a rough car accident last February that totaled my car to the point where I couldn't drive it away from the exit we took.\n\nThe guy who **I** rear-ended actually waited the four hours (yes, FOUR) it took for my tow guy to come take away my wrecked baby, and then drove me home - an extra 45 minutes out of his way. I doubt I deserved such kindness, but holy shit was I grateful.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Was doing laundry in college, and was one quarter short. Slumped in defeat, I looked at the ground and saw a quarter with 'Your Welcome' written upon it in sharpie. \n\nBam. Floored.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "The other day a lady was going to pay for a shirt I wanted because she had a seniors discount. I wouldn't let her.... What a doll!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Dropped my iphone on a cab. Cab driver finds the phone, calls my home number, drives back some 20 miles back at 4 a.m. to return it to me, at my doorstep, with a friendly smile.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I was catching a bus once and I was about 40 feet away from the stop when the bus arrived at it. I was running and yelling, \"Wait!\" and a man stopped at the bus stop and told the driver I was coming. It was nice because he was also a cliche gangster guy, so it was a really cool, wow, he just defied the stereotype feeling.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "On my 23rd birthday my drivers license expired so I went to the DPS to get a new one. I showed up 20 minutes before they opened and there was already a line. As we're waiting outside, I chat up the guy in front of me who was about the same age, and had just be honorably discharged from the army because his hands were injured. Apparently he walked there from his house because he just got back and didn't have a car yet. \n\n\nSo I finally get inside and work my way to the front of the line when I notice the sign that says \"cash only\". Fuck me, I only had plastic and by now the line behind had grown and looked like it was an hour wait if I were to leave and come back. Good guy army dude hears me curse myself and offers to loan me the $15 if I pay him back when we leave and give him a lift back to his house. Of course, I agree and finish up. \n\n\nApparently he couldn't even get a new ID because his old had been expired for too long and he didn't have his birth certificate/social security card with him. On the way back I stop to get cash and when we get back to his house he says \"You don't owe me anything, happy birthday bro.\" I ended up giving the money to his roommate because he wouldn't accept. He even invited me to stay and drink beer/play xbox but I had to go to work. Thank you kind stranger!\n\n\n\n\n ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Six years ago. I had no money and a stranger paid for my bus fare from Connecticut to New York so that I could pick up my totaled car. The entire bus ride I was crying and a man sat next to me and gave me some tissues and told me it would all be okay. Two strangers saved my sanity that day. And I wouldn't have been able to get home without them.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My car got towed with my phone and wallet in it. (I was just running upstairs for a second! Those guys are fast.) The building manager in my apartment gave me a ride across town to the lot, and spotted me $150 to get the car out. I was a really good tenant after that :)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "i was out to eat with my best friend and her guy and there was this bigger lady in the booth behind us. she was eating alone and we didn't really think much of her. she got up to leave before us, paid and went out to her car. after she left the cashier came up to us and told us that the lady paid for our food because we're too young to be paying ourselves (we were 20 at the time). we ran out and thanked the lady before she left. that was really nice of her.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had a friend go on a trip on his motorcycle from Saskatchewan to South America. Just outside of Mexico City he got into an accident and totaled his bike. As he was laying there semi-conscious a stranger came up on him, tried to speak to him in Spanish (My friend spoke English and nothing else). After a moment of frustration the man loaded him up into his vehicle, as this point my friend blacked out. When he came to he was in the hospital. This mystery man had given the doctors some money to look after my friend and left. My friend never even learned the guys name. \n\nShit like that astounds me.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Met a girl the night before new year's in a foreign country, hit it off big time, had a fun time together, and agreed to meet up the next night after each other's respective parties.\n\nSo i head over to her apartment to meet her at around 4am, waiting...waiting...waiting. Call her friend (og girl doesn't have phone), and friend said she left recently and should be there any minute. So i'm waiting and waiting. \n\nMean while i'm hanging out around a market near her apt, and the guy notices me, (barely speaks english, asian country), and asks me to come inside and if i would like some soup and a sandwich! So i sit down and have a meal with this guy running this quicky mart type place, have a chat, see the sun start to come up and say fuck it, head home.\n\nIt turned out good in the end, she passed out waiting for me, but i didn't have the correct apt to ring. She's making me lunch right now, 9 months later =)\n\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Yes, you need to find out why the one score is so low and get that corrected. These companies are not immune to mistakes, and having negative info on YOUR report that is incorrect is something that you'll want to fix. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I don't think you can swing in and out of keto as easy as that. From my understanding, after a couple days -> couple weeks of carbs under a certain amount, your body goes into keto. I don't think it's a change that can happen in the hour from when you ate some carbs until your meal.. is that what you meant?", "score": 8 }, { "body": "you are literally delaying the keto-adaptation process by feeding yourself carbs like orange juice and sugary beverages. every time you eat carbs you are setting yourself back to square one. just do strict keto for 3 weeks and let your body adapt! and drink some beef/chicken broth to replenish electrolytes and you'll feel better. sodium is your friend.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57425481-94/rim-guarantees-$10000-to-blackberry-10-devs-in-first-year/\n\nLooks like it would be worth it.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Hi, I just want to say that I am always willing on paying for apps as long as the app is functional, and the ui design is pleasant.\n\nI'm trying to think of apps that I would like for the PlayBook. Mostly I'd like to see more big name apps, but I don't think this information is helpful to you. \n\nI think the PB has enough games for sure.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Red Bull rampage 2010.\n\nLife Cycles\n\nAnd anything by The Collective http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/ ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "* \"Follow Me\"\n* \"Seasons\"\n* \"Strength in Numbers\"\n* \"Ride Your Way\"\n* \"From the Inside Out\"\n\nDo a youtube search for Anthill Films and Coastal Crew and you'll find trailers and clips from a lot of great films.\n\nAlso the little promo videos for each frame on the TransitionBikes website are pretty great.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "My favorite is\n\nplayer1: damn, gg man.\n\nplayer2: you mad?\n\nplayer1: no? wp\n\nplayer2: LOLUMAD?\n\n\ndumb shit like this makes me sad for humanity.", "score": 167 }, { "body": "Try playing LoL. I played SC2 before LoL, and as a good little SC2 person I started my first LoL game with a \"gl hf\". Now that resulted in some serious BM. This isn't to say that the attitude on ladder is great, just trying to give it all some perspective. I'll take someone missing a \"gg\", or giving me a simple \"fuck you\" over a lot of the stuff that shows up on the LoL chat.", "score": 76 }, { "body": "Diamond is probably the worst league in terms of bm, especially high diamond- Everyone in high diamond are cheesy and angry as fuck because they believe they should be in masters.\n\nHeads up, I guess", "score": 43 }, { "body": "I've been using filtersc strats and builds.\n\nOnce in bronze league someone said to me \"omg I can't believe I lost to such a monobattle tactic\" when i overran him with billy jeans only. \nAnd that was the most BM thing I've encountered.\n\nNow in gold and everyone very friendly towards me.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "Well i stopped playing for a month cause a got in Dia... And people are just really mean in that league . i began hitting Dia player again yesterday and they ALL Bmed me... Going from bg to Long dicutions about balance... ;_;\n\nEDIT: People still say T is op ?... Wow... That pretty pathetic", "score": 16 }, { "body": "> How do you guys stay alive on the ladder? \n\nImplying that people on /r/starcraft still ladder. So brave.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Mute anyone that says anything beyond glhf when laddering. Join a clan if you want to chat and do customs with some friendly banter. Assholes on the ladder aren't worth dealing with. The rage can be bad playing as terran but it's not as bad as playing random and not declaring your race. I get so many angry spam messages of \"race?\" followed by \"fuck you\". ", "score": 14 }, { "body": "It's just the way it is in a 1v1 RTS. People don't have anyone to blame so they actually insult their rivals for their own mistakes...\n\nHigh masters, low GM is really funny though. Everyone says GLHF and never seen nor given a gg after a game xD", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I have my settings such that only friends can message me. Removes the post game BM. If someone is being over the top rude then I report them for harassment.\n\nOtherwise I don't really care.\n\nI will GL HF someone if they say it first, but I typically don't gg out of a game if I lose - with that said I don't smack talk them either.\n\nNot saying GL HF or not gg'ing isn't BM. Some people just want to play the game and as long as they aren't being dicks to you who cares?", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I don't actually get that much BM (platin/diamond).\n\nWhat really makes me sick, is getting BMed by your teammates in teamgames.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "If you're doing something that makes them mad, it means that you're doing something good. But if they are BMing at the beginning of the game, they're just doing it because they either are already bitter or they are trolling trying to get you down(and knowing that, makes them pretty pathetic), so just ignore them in that regard. I feed from others rage, that's how I work and I think its best for you to change your approach for this, because the people on the ladder wont change at all.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "it's kinda normal, sc2 is a very stressful game and most people can't control their anger when they lose so they try to justify their losses on balance because they feel like they are inferior or something like that whey they lose, for the very same reason they bm you when they win as well because they want to feel superior, this is why a lot of people 6pool, proxy rax, cannon rush, what's the fun in playing like that, they only want to win\n\nwhen I get bmed I either ignore them or reply to hear some more fun whining, but really just play the game for fun who cares what they are saying ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It's fun, but going into the Angel's dome on short rest while the Tigers face the lowly Twins could be perilous. ", "score": 10 }, { "body": "It sure is fun but it's also so hard to watch. I just want them to be done with the Tigers and get into the playoffs already!\n\nGames like last night drive me insane.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "You know what I think was fun, When the sox led the division from start to finish in '05. sure the last month was a bit nerve racking, but they still clinched with enough time to set up their starting rotation for round one against Boston. Aside from a two week period it was a sure thing nearly the entire year. Then they proceeded to rape the American league and then smashed Andy Pettite, Roger Clemons, and company without blinking. That was fun. \n\nI'm not trying to diminish your point because I get it. Penant races are great when your team is relevant. In the end it doesn't matter how they get there. All that matters is raising banners.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Can you provide info on your actual hardware, like specific case and motherboard? It may be designed for fanless cooling, but putting it in an enclosed cupboard doesn't allow enough ambient airflow around it to do that effectively.\n\nIf you're okay with cutting holes in your entertainment center and powering a couple of fans, I'd recommend actually getting something bigger than 80mm. Go at least 120mm, or even bigger like 140mm or 200mm. Bigger == more CFM at lower RPM == less noise and better cooling. If you can do one intake and one exhaust in the cupboard, that would be good. Otherwise, one big exhaust fan is probably more than enough.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "This comes up quite a lot, there are loads old old posts on the matter. Although from what I recall NOD32 gets a lot of praise, and IIRC McAfee is a piece of shit.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "SEP 12. Probably one of the only Symantec applications I tout. Backup Exec, shit. NetBackup, shit. Norton, shit. SEP, great product. I'll use it until it screws me.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Forefront, Sophos, Eset, Vipre(my favourite and vipre 6 beta is actually rolling right now and has java-flash type updates automated as well. So epic sounding)\n\n>We are a Sophos shop but, frankly, I'm getting sick of them.\n\nGreat AV but recent blunder is LAWL. So glad I cut my boss off when he suggested sophos recently.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Do you have any personal items you can sell? Books, CD's, Stereo (do people still own these?), iPod, etc. Anything that is for entertainment purposes that you can live without? Those will get you through. I have been in a similar situation before, just started posting all of my high-value belongings on craigslist or pawn shops and easily got over $300. Also, if you have loose change anywhere make sure you get that cashed. I've been surprised by how much I get from my jar-sometimes near $60. \n\nAs for food, look into local shelters. There's a few soup kitchen-like places here that I know you can go to if you're in need. Also, bagel shops get rid of all of their old bagels at the end of the night. This can keep you fed for a good few weeks if you keep them fresh. Costco has hot dogs and other cheap foods for ~1.50 as well. \n\nGood luck, I'm sorry this is happening to you. Just know that it will pass. Keep truckin'.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm not a Skorne player, but my Morghul2 list would look something like this:\n\n* Morghul2 +6\n* Molik Karn 11\n* Cyclops Savage 5\n* Cyclops Brute 5\n* Titan Bronzeback 10\n* Praetorian Ferox Max 5\n* Paingiver Beast Handlers Max 3\n* Praetorean Swordsmen Max 6\n* Bloodrunners 5\n\nThe concept is to overwhelm them with high Def infantry that hit decently hard, use his feat defensively, and then go in for the kill. Molik and the Bronzeback are there to take care of heavies in the way, and the Cyclopi are mostly for their animi.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "**tl;dr? Huge wall of text. If you don't care about that, skip to the list in the middle of the post. Everything before that is advice, justification and theorymachine.**\n\nOh eMorghul. You're such an interesting caster.\n\nHere are a couple of tips right off the bat, before we get down to actual list writing\n\n1) Despite its name, Assassination run can be used just as effectively defensively as offensively. +2 Def and slipping out of melee can really save some squishy model's lives.\n\n2) Flashing Blade + Charge Interaction is important. Make sure you realize the following is legal: Declare charge target; Close to Melee; Cast flashing blade to gain a fan attack, blinding everyone in melee, including your primary assassination target, lowering their defense; Resolve spell, Make an autoboosted charge attack with Mercy for a Mat 8 attack against a blind enemy rolling 12+4d6 for damage. If there is some dispute about the legality of this we can discuss it, but I'm pretty sure that's how the rules interact. Also, the mental image is awesome right? A terrifying entity dashing forward, bladed fan and wicked sword in hand. Just as he gets to you with the sword raised he shouts a word of power and the fan flies out, dust blinding you and your allies. As your vision clears your realize the sword is buried to the hilt in your chest and being drawn out for a second blow.\n\nLet's talk about models. \n\nWith Fury 5 there are some considerations right off the bat. You \nwant Marketh. He can cast Ghost Walk for you each turn (not an upkeep) meaning you can have it on two units, or keep it on one while Morg camps fury for killing time.\n\nPerfect Balance is awesome, but it does nothing to keep you from getting knocked down. That's where the Cyclops Brute comes in. Its animus can keep our big guy on his feet and able to use that def 17. If you're worried about ranged assassinations and blast damage a Krea or a Razor worm can be useful as well, but they aren't as important. The Krea is even less important because Morg has Stealth.\n\nYou want Beast Handlers. Low Fury means being able to charge/slam for free is important, and being able to pull fury off of beasts befor the alpha charge turn can help you camp fury while still using animi \n\nThat covers most of your support, let's look at offense.\n\nThere are a couple of schools of thought here and 50 points gives us a lot of options. The first thing I'm going to say is going to sound like sacrilege but I stand by it: Don't bring Paingivers outside of Beast Handlers. Maybe, maybe take a Master Tormenter if you feel you need to blow up some infantry but you'll have plenty of other ways to do that. Paingiver Bloodrunners are awesome units, and awesome models but they just don't have a place here. \n\nInstead, take Nihlators. I suggest one max unit and one min. Seems like a lot? Maybe, but there is a lot of synergy here. Ghost Walk is amazing on them. Their huge walking threat range (especially with a TyCom, discussed below) allows for a unit to ignore the LoS problem by walking through an enemy unit into a vulnerable target even if they can't draw LoS to charge. Engage an enemy tarpit, do some damage to it, make some holes. Next turn give them +2\" Movement and Ghost walk and laugh as they walk through/around the tarpit and have a murder party on the other side.\n\nBring a Basilisk drake. You need a way to clear out enemies en masse, and sprays are always awesome. Feel free to keep him in the back and activate him early, blowing all your fury on boosts and then clearing it off with a beast handler if you need to. \n\nGladiators. At least one. Bronzebacks are great, usually overkill. You can go with two Gladiators or a Gladiator and a Bronzeback if you prefer, though the list below includes just one Gladiator. Slamming big scary things out of the way is important. Don't forget, you can give Ghost Walk to your beasts as well. \n\nArchidon. Yes. Sprint for Morghul. Critical Pitch. Ghost Walk/Assassination Run Free Strike Immunity + Flight? Everything about this is good. Fly past everything. Bite enemy caster. Throw him back into the front lines. Yes, yes, yes.\n\nArcuii - Maybe. If you need them to clear out models they can be useful. I'd rather take...\n\nCetratii - At 50 points, possibly with UA. It's expensive but in 50 points it's possible. This is your tarpit and it is hard to kill even without defensive support spells. Morg's lack of defensive spells is all the more reason to give them the UA. They won't be able to Ghost Walk but you won't want to do that too often with them anyway, save it for the Nihlators and the beasts (Gators are also a possibility because Gators, but I prefer the Cetratii for this)\n\nTake the TyCom. The standard isn't that great because most of your army is fearless but the +2 movement is good if you're doing a non-charge ghost walk around enemy models and being able to stand up all those tough Nihlators is great. Also, Pathfinder.\n\n\n* eMorghul +6\n* Aptimus Marketh 3\n* Archidon 7\n* Basilisk Drake 4\n* Cyclops Brute 5\n* Titan Gladiator 8\n* Min Cetrati 8\n* Tyrant Vorkesh 3\n* Max Nihlators 8\n* Min Nihlators 5\n* Min Beast Handlers 2\n* Tyrant Commander and Standard 3\n\n50/50 +6\n\nYour victory condition for this is your multiple assassination threats. Let's examine some of those now. \n\nArchidon: This is my favorite. Use Marketh to give it ghostly. As long as there is a hole it can fit in, fly it next to the enemy caster and boost attacks until you get a critical pitch. Hell, if you get it next to a squishy caster he can probably do the job himself. Flight + No free strikes is one of the best movement combos you can ask for. ~~Even if you can't draw LoS to charge the Archidon's huge walking threat with Rush means you can simple walk next to the enemy and boost for pitch.~~ *I'm dumb, flight ignores intervening models on charge declaration. I guess it still stand if there's an object blocking LoS, or cloud or something.*\n\nGladiator: Slam. Double Handed Throw. Trample. Just clear the way to the enemy caster. Support your Nihlators with him or support him with your Nihlators to make gaps in the enemies defense. Give rush to your Archidon if you want to see something hilarious (just don't forget about Morg's small control area!) If they give you the opening don't be afraid to Enrage him and send him in to beat something important to death. Very little can survive all those attacks at +2 Str charging for free.\n\nNihlators: All those pow12 attacks add up quick. Their high mat can hit most casters on just above average rolls and the damage adds up. They're hard to kill and keep pushing forward.\n\nMorghul himself. Never, ever be scared to charge him in, especially if you can sprint him to safety or get safeguard on him. A fully loaded Morghul on a charge against a caster can kill it, but it's not a guarantee. Giving him or someone else greivous wounds is good but only really against tough enemies or warlocks. He's great against warcasters because of Arcane Assassin. \n\nIf you're playing an objective game not that Nihlators are great for holding objectives because of tough as are Cetrati. Try to use them to stand on points and then save your beasts for counter charging if your enemy gets aggressive.\n\nSorry for all that. Hopefully some of it is useful and someone will point out any mistakes I made before you duplicate them.\n\nGood luck!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I liked the bulldog cofffeeshop. And yes don't let people know if you're American. That was my mistake lol", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "No-Tap Frames \n \nMulligan Frames \n \nLow Ball Frames (i.e. get 1 pin you get a strike, 2 pins you get a 9...get a strike it counts as a gutterball, gutterball counts as a gutterball) \n \nPrize Frames \n \nOpposite Hand Frames \n \nDepending on the format you could do \"skins\" frame where the bowler with the highest score gets a prize on that pair of lanes in that frame \n \nCelebrity Shot Frames (choose a friend to bowl that one frame for you) \n \nCalled Shot Frame (Call out which pins you're going to knock over, get a prize or bonus if you're right, extra bonus if it's not a strike) \n \nHouse Ball Frames \n \n\"Distraction\" Frames (another bowler can distract you with something like a whistle during your approach)", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Maybe [this](http://www.comicguide.de/php/detail.php?id=1641&file=r&display=short) will help. I always use the \"Deutscher Comic Guide\" for price references. It is actually pretty good. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Yes, I would pay off credit cards first and as fast as possible. Savings gets you nothing these days, so you're trading a gain of 1% interest against 18-25% interest being paid on the credit cards. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Personally I like seeing images, especially if they're full albums. But yeah, when they fill the whole front page it's a bit much.\n\nI guess the community will decide with downvotes / upvotes though.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "You guys should almost be ashamed of yourselves. Our little subreddit normally see a single update a day or every second day, and here comes someone who has content and is willing to post it. Instead of whining of like a bunch of senile grandma's accept it, its obviously what the community wants as it gets upvotes. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I think I agree. While I enjoy pictures, I'd go to Tumblr (or abkingdom, wetset, or many others) if that's what I wanted to see. I come here for the community. Posters who are sharing a personal pic I understand.. but the photo dumps should go to their own subreddit.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I'm also not a fan of all the albums. I try to comment in discussions when I have something to say, but when I don't, I still like reading them.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Uh, if you don't like it, then don't vote for it. Reddit sorts by the most popular topics. If pictures are at the top, then obviously they are being voted for. Let the system do what it does best. Things naturally get sorted out by the voting system.\n\nCreating new subreddits does not help. You end up with a bunch of dead subreddits. Look at \"/r/dudesindiapers\", \"/r/diapersgonewild\", and others. No one uses them. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I think it's good. It's actually briging some life back into this subreddit. I would go weeks between visits because there wasn't anything happening, now it's almost worthwhile coming back every day. If you don't like the pictures, downvote them. But it is bringing people to this subreddit, and that in turn encourages more participation.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I'd certainly be in favour of banning commercial images. Homegrown is one thing, but having half the front page covered with samey pics is silly.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Care to elaborate on why Rand seems more insane at the beginning of TDR to you? I always thought the slope to insanity was pretty gradual... The whole earthquake scene was definitely crazy but not as much as some stuff later in the series... in my humble opinion of course.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Try using a rubber band between the screw and the screwdriver (which may be difficult with NERF blasters). If nothing else, a blow torch and high-grade military explosives should work.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "As /u/SirRalofTheBrave said, using a rubber band is your best bet to remove stripped screws. If the problem is bad enough, here is what Rogue suggested:\n\n1. Drill out the stripped screw port so its a bit wider then before.\n\n2. Fill the port with 2 part epoxy gel.\n\n3. Once its dried, drill a new smaller hole.\n\n4. Screw in your screw of choice.\n\n\nNerf blasters are made out of ABS, so to solvent weld polystyrene to it you would want to use an epoxy that is based on Dichloroethane, Acetone, Cyclohexanone, MEK, or some combination there of. Genova ABS cement should be ideal. If you want to learn more, read [Zorn's guide to Solvent Welding](http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18527&st=0&p=260767&fromsearch=1&#entry260767). ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Use lots of downwards force as they've said. You might hear a \"crack/pop\" once it starts going, this is usually the screw coming loose from the plastic. Nothing to worry about.\n\nThe guns have WAY more screws than actually necessary- it's okay if one or two strip the interior plastic (though of course it's better if that didn't happen)\n\nI used gorilla super glue to attach a steel picatinny rail to my nerf gun, had no problems until I drop-kicked the gun by accident, where it promptly broke off. Easy fix-just glue it back on.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I think mine is disgusting - I always knew it was gross but never thought of it as weird. Kind of like picking your nose. \n\nI have really long, thick hair. (I'm a girl - don't be thrown off by my username.) Rather than let my hair go down the drain, I run my fingers through it both after shampooing and after conditioning. Then, I collect all the hair twisted around my fingers and wad it up and stick it to the shower walls. Fucking sick, right?\n\nI figure it's better to do that and throw it in the trash than let it go down and stop up the drain.\n\nWell, I was harshly informed by my husband (then boyfriend) that it's appalling. So, now I continue to do that but I rid of the wad of hair immediately after showering and then hide it in the trash can. \n\n[Said hair.](http://imgur.com/K7SsR)\n\nTIL I'm not alone with my shower habits. Wait. What?", "score": 100 }, { "body": "I kiss my parents and sister on the mouth. Not in any creepy, lingering sort of way, just a peck. And a few friends have mentioned that they don't do that at home and they think it's weird. ", "score": 78 }, { "body": "My wife does that all the time. Our cat is sniffed on a daily base lol. I don't think it's weird, it's cute. Licking the cat's ass because it tastes like tuna because of the catfood now THAT's weird.", "score": 68 }, { "body": "I lightly chew my cat's ear, because she loves it. My ex-girlfriend saw me doing this and looked sort of disgusted.", "score": 67 }, { "body": "I don't think that's weird. Scents are an enormous part of our memories and the emotions they convey. Try opening a book you loved as a kid that has a unique scent. Takes you right back.", "score": 58 }, { "body": "Also pet related: I get in the tub naked with my dog to bathe him. He doesn't freak out when I'm in there with him, and it's not like I'd get any less soaked next to the tub. I never thought the naked bit was weird until someone told me so. My dog never thought it was weird. He's naked all the time.", "score": 56 }, { "body": "Sex. I'm not shy in the bedroom, as in I don't demand the lights to be off nor am I skittish about walking around naked afterwards. \n\nThen my (then-)boyfriend pointed it out to me that most girls are not like that. I thought it was totally normal.", "score": 49 }, { "body": "Not weird for me. I sniff my cats fur every other day :-)\nHe does give me strange Wtf looks though and then he runs away from me but i cant help it. He smells like butter cookies.", "score": 45 }, { "body": "I don't smell otter fur, because they're usually in the water. My cat, however, I do smell, and she usually smells like the carpet.", "score": 40 }, { "body": "I write the capital form of the letter Y backwards. I was 19 when somebody finally noticed it and told me. Now I don't write it often enough to get used to doing it properly and I can't change it. I've just learned to accept the fact that sometimes my handwriting makes me look like a five-year-old selling lemonade out in the front yard. ", "score": 36 }, { "body": "Ketchup on Pizza.\n\nWhenever we went to the corner store everyone would be so surprised that I loaded it with all teh hot sauces and seemed dissapointed all the time.\n\nLater when I hung out with some friends, we had ketchup on the table and I was so happy. \n\nHilarity ensued.\nFriend : What are you doing Ash?\n\nMe: Ketchup on pizza dude, I can never find ketchup at pizza places here. \n\nFriend: Why? That's so weird!\n\nSadness", "score": 27 }, { "body": "You do this because biology! Oxytocin (the love hormone) is released in response to certain odors, so smelling something you feel affection for is like a little of shot happiness. Here's [some science](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21920364) about it.", "score": 24 }, { "body": "I do that too with my cat and my parakeet, they just smell lovely, like a cat should and like a bird should. My parakeet also loves it when I blow air at the back of his neck and I sniff him, he just gets this me gusta look on his face and really relaxes.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "When I wake up in the morning, my cat comes up to my face and headbutts my forehead, so I headbutt his forehead back. It's a bit weird, but he's so cute that I can't resist.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "A friend told me if I stick a finger, or a pencil up a \"cats ass\" it will stop them from being in heat. I was grossed out and opted for fish.", "score": 15 }, { "body": "I smell my cat's fur... but I thought that everyone with a kitty did that. Cats saliva has a deodorising/antibacterial quality to it that apparently makes it smell delicious, like fresh dry hay.\n\nI don't smell my dogs though, no matter how much I wash them they always smell vaguely like corn chips. :( They've allergies that manifest in yeast infections, and we're still.. working that out.\n\n(The youngest dog is a dachshund though and he's beautiful and at 2 years old smells like clean puppy. I was totally in love with him when we brought him home, the smell of puppy is so. Ahh. It's like a baby person but better. Sweet and sour!)", "score": 15 }, { "body": "For the longest time, until I was 25 prob, I would only poo at my house...never in public. Also, I had to shower after. \n\nApparently, that's looked down on in America. Time to go to Europe--yay bedays!!", "score": 13 }, { "body": "People seem to think I am gross for putting cheese and pepper in my cream of wheat. I thought everyone ate it that way, but apparently most people eat it sweet with fruit (which sounds disgusting).", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I use to sniff my dog's fur every time I picked him up. Just thinking about it put a smile on my face... goodness I miss that little runt. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I drink sodas and other sweet drinks really weird. It totally does not taste right if I drink normally. I USUALLY try to hide it, or I actually avoid sodas unless I'm in private, but I was with one of my best friends one day sucking down a sweet tea and she stared at me and then busted out laughing and said \"OH MY GOD!!! Look at how you drink!!\" I was actually pretty embarrassed. \n\nDoes anyone else do this or am I a total freak? I don't know how to explain it but I guess I literally suck like using my tongue and swishing the liquid over my tongue before actually swallowing...possibly this is how babies nurse and I just...never stopped. It just TASTES SO GOOD when I drink like that. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I like how my cat's fur/skin smells. I feed her fancy, hippy, organic, expensive wet food because I guess I love her or something, so her breath is fucking rank, all the time. \n\nBetween her shoulder blades though (out of licking territory) is kind of this musty-sweet smell that almost has a calming effect on me. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I sniff my cats' fur. It smells like fresh laundry to me also. Dunno if any dogs smell like this also. I assume they smell like whatever shampoo was used on them most recently. And f nothing was used recently.. ick.\n\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Before I open a can of soda, I always blast it with some water from the faucet first, to clean the lid. I thought this is normal, there's a lot of weird dirt that gets in that crease! And I don't want to ingest it if I can help it. But people have seen me do it and call it weird. Strangely, other minorities do not think it is weird. Not sure if it is cuz we are used to things being super dirty, from 3rd world countries.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Apparently the way I eat hotdogs is weird. I take the hotdog off the bun and eat it, then I eat the bun. That's how I've eaten them since I was a kid. I didn't know it was weird until one of my friends pointed it out.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Normaly I would think this was weird but I pick my nose and don't even use a tissue. We are not perfect. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "In Saskatchewan it's just not feasible because the amount of energy is so miniscule. Almost every other part of waste is used and the gas required to make the flare stack burn is negligible and generally the gas burning is from attempting to reuse stuff that is a byproduct of the refining process. When the flare stacks do burn a huge flame it's to burn off material unusable poisonous gases that gather in what is called the knockout tank. Byproduct flows down into the knockout and then gathers there, then outgoing pipes that lead to the flare stack carry the gases out to be burned. \n\nI can only really comment on batteries (small refineries) in Saskatchewan though, I'm actually on site right now looking at two flare stacks. If you check out this wiki article http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare#section_2, you will see that many countries do burn a lot of usable gas. Maybe someone can comment on why that is. ", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "I can't speak for anyone else here, but to me I'd rather just see guilt proven beyond a reasonable doubt before we send someone to jail. Would this mean that some rapists and false rape accusers go free? Yes, but that's a thousand times better than locking someone up who is innocent. The way we protect victims (male or female) is by grunt police work, done efficiently and thoroughly and without bias or prejudice.\n\nIt's also important to note, and I saw it brought up in the comments already so I'll just touch on it, that some victims are conditioned to feel that they are victims, even when at the time they did not. Sometimes the feeling of \"oh, I shouldn't have had sex with that guy, but I was so drunk\" gets turned into \"well, then he raped you.\" Is it fair to throw a guy in jail for rape when at the time he had full consent? Of course not. Should the accuser be thrown in jail for leveling false charges when they had been conditioned to think they were genuine? By the same logic, no.\n\nI hope that answers your question, reply if I need to expand or clarify anything. Have a great day!", "score": 8 }, { "body": ">But how would you distinguish the difference between women who lie, and later back down or are proven to be lying, and women or girls who recall their testimony out of fear? \n\nThis is why we can't just use someone's word as evidence. No one should ever go to jail because someone accused them of something without any further evidence. Rape kits are there for a reason.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Post text automatically copied [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/MRSelfPostCopies/comments/108ta0/copy_a_question_for_you_and_it_is_an_honest/). ([Why?](http://www.reddit.com/r/MRSelfPostCopies/comments/q8y0u/meta_faq/)) ([Report a problem.](http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2FMRSelfPostCopies))\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": ">But how would you distinguish the difference between women who lie, and later back down or are proven to be lying, and women or girls who recall their testimony out of fear?\n\nThe same way we do in other criminal cases. Witness tampering exists in a lot of crime spheres and we tend to handle it pretty well. For most officers, it's fairly apparent in the way the victim behaves and doesn't present until after the accused finds a way to contact the victim which can be traced without much trouble most times. This tends to be a pretty serious problem in human trafficking but not really many other places in sex crimes.\n\n>If there is a law passed to make harsh punishment for women who \"falsely\" claim rape, that would allow rapists who intimidate their victims into recalling the charges to then charge their victims for accusing them in the first place. And, what if a man, or woman?\n\nNot exactly. Filing a False Report is a crime that itself needs to be investigated and proven. Essentially, it will mean the rape still needs to be investigated. For someone accused of rape to then make the accuser recant will not end the investigation into the crime. This is actually a good thing but, since the terminology means that who we previously considered the victim is not considered the suspect, people don't usually think through the full implications. It's a stunning example of how language effects thought.\n\n>is accused, the victim testifies, but for whatever reason he/she is found not guilty?\n\nAn accused being found not guilty does not mean the person pressing the charges filed a false report. The opposite, generally. If a case proceeds to trial, that means there was a enough evidence to believe the crime did take place, probable cause for arrest. A prosecutor will want an even higher standard of proof, ideally undeniably beyond a reasonable doubt. Unless the entirety of that evidence in a single witness statement, it tends to mean the person filing the report can not be charged with filing a false report.\n\nThis is another instance where by creating a different set of standards for rape has negatively impacted rape victims. If a charge was based entirely on a single witness report (the victim's) and it was allowed to advance to trial then the accused was found not guilty, the transcript from that trial would be admissible in a counter-suit for a Filing a False Report charge. If rape cases are held to the same standard as other cases, charging the victim is still left in the hands of the police or the DA which will have more discretion in how they approach based upon the case itself.\n\n>And this could be because there was insufficient proof, or because of a technicality or fuckup in the investigation. Would the victims then be charged because they failed to provide sufficient proof to prosecute their attackers?\n\nVictims do not have to provide proof. The police exist as an entity, in part, to collect evidence for the DA so they can advance to trial. It is in a victims best interest to protect as much evidence as they can for the police to collect but they are not legally required to provide it (outside of witness testimony).\n\n>But how would you suggest cases be legally distinguished where actual victims will not be suffer further torment by possibly being forced to give compensation to their rapists, and the women who are spiteful?\n\nAs with other crimes, if they were charged with Filing a False Report it would have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. There's no way to assure with absolute accuracy the judicial system won't make a mistake but that's why we have an assumption of innocence, so that when mistakes are made, it is overwhelmingly in the favor of innocence.\n\n>If you are fixing the legal system so that one group can't take advantage of another, you must be very careful that you are not just switching that advantage to someone else. So I guess what I'm asking is, have you considered these issues, and what suggestions are their to ensure that the majority gets justice, instead of jut handing over the advantage to someone seen more worthy of it.\n\nThis is an excellent summary of why we have an assumption of innocence. I would say most people here that advocate rape trials exist under the same current standards of law have thought of these point and feel that our current legal system does provide the best chance of a fair trial and justice.\n\n>How can we make it so that people are more discouraged to use the law as a weapon to get what they want, but still protect ALL the real victims out there.\n\nCan't. A lot of people get hung up on this idea of perfection. How can we make the legal system perfect? No such thing.\n\n>What burden of proof would be placed on men making accusations of falsely claiming rape, aside from there being no rape conviction?\n\nGenerally it is the police that will charge someone with filing a false report. If someone else wishes to, the police still have to collect enough evidence for the DA to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.\n\n>And how would you increase the burden of proof on women, without cruelly increasing the trauma and horror that a true rape victim is going through.\n\nIt is generally accepted that giving testimony is the most traumatic part of a rape case for the victim. With the exception of a rape kit, the other evidence would come from other witnesses or physical evidence. I don't think including that would be exceptionally cruel to the victim in any sense more than it is for the families of a murder victim or the victim of a non-sexual assault.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Gotta try this when I turn 30, then I won't feel as old. \n\nUptoke for helping me avoid midlife crisis.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Man, I have something to tell you, your birthday technically starts whenever you were born throughout that day.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "You guys should check out research on liminal space. That's what this phenomenon has been termed. Pretty crazy to think about even if you're at a [0]", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I choose Benny Hinn because Peter Popoff wasn't available, and I wanted to display my support of money grubbing assholes who push false piety.\n\nBecause *money grubbing assholes need love too*.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "The rainbow is a symbol of God's grace and Rainbow Dash is a symbol of God's awesomeness, radicalness, and coolness.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I chose Black Jesus because Black Jesus is funny. We all know [Jesus was white.](http://www.truthbook.com/images/site_images/Jesusonian_Del_Parson_Cosmic_Jesus_White_400.jpg)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Because I gave in to the hate that I felt flowing through me. And I always wanted to have a fully operational battlestation.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Mine is the words Front Hugs written in block capitals because THAT'S HOW I ROLL. The words themselves come from a poem by Ryan Pann called Christian Sidehug and made popular by the famous song \"[Original Front Hug](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgYcTS-8VYo)\" by ARLOmega. It's a powerful, patriotic song which often gets over looked in favour of newer ones like that one they play at ballgames.\n\nIt is overlaid with a red diagonal cross, because the cross is the symbol of my faith. It both unites the two sides of the circle but also divides it, symbolising the power of God to restore, but also to remind us how there are so many Christians in need of theological correction. The red colour comes from the blood of Jesus and pizza sauce because \"man cannot live off bread alone\". The white field stand for purity in the face of temptation, while the red circle symbolises unity and loyalty. And danger. because we have low hanging power cables. (We should really sort that out)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I think you just made a parlay bet (bad move to start with) on two road teams (with replacement refs showing more home field preference than normal refs) on the wrong side of two key numbers.\n\nI'm not a fan.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I think it depends on the issue at hand. It depends on the current state of government. It depends on the way it's structured. There's no rule that more and more government is always better. At some point it collapses under its own weight and becomes inefficient. \n\nLess government doesn't always lead to economic growth either. Government makes important investments that benefit the collective society. The conversation should be about creating better government.\n\nHow do we make our current system more efficient?\n\nWhere are we currently spending money, and can that money be better used elsewhere?\n\nWhat's our current tax system, and how can that be reformed to provide better results?\n\n------------------------\n\nIf you look at the Great Depression you can see examples of both. They didn't have FDIC insurance, so people lost everything when the banks failed. People hoarded cash and stopped spending money. The banks that survived stopped lending money. This sort of response is natural in uncertain economic times, but the lack of government regulation/support exacerbated the situation.\n\nHere's an example where more government was bad:\n\n>As businesses began failing, the government created the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930 to help protect American companies. This charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America and foreign countries along with some economic retaliation. [source](http://americanhistory.about.com/od/greatdepression/tp/greatdepression.htm)\n\ntldr: It's not more or less government, it's policies and organizational structures that are better or worse for our society.\n", "score": 89 }, { "body": "Conservative rally against \"Big Government\" and support \"Limited Government\". Liberals simply talk about good government versus bad government. \n\nConservatives view government in the same way that anorexics view food. They know they need it. They know that without it they perish, but emotionally, they hate the idea of not being in total control and being dependent on someone or some thing. \n\nAsking if more or less government is the answer, to continue the analogy, is like asking if more or less food is best. It's an impossible question to answer out of context. Regarding food: What is the age, weight, height, health of the individual? Regarding government: what is the condition of society and how far is that condition from the desired goal? \n\nLet me also say that the \"goal\" must be an empirical one. \"Freedom\" is a nice slogan and desirable condition in many cases, but it's too vague and impossible to measure.\n\n \n\n ", "score": 27 }, { "body": "Smallest government you can have is a one man dictatorship. In many regards bureaucracy keeps us free, as power can't be concentrated in the hands of few, it's shared at many levels, and all those levels take a lot of resources to function properly. This is not to say that *bigness* is an end in itself. The bureaucracy has to function in order to justify its costs and power. The same would be true of a *small* benevolent dictator.\n\nIn that sense, focusing on \"size\" of any kind is misguided. The only question is if the policy of the government is beneficial to the governed and just regardless of how \"big\" or \"small\" it may be.\n\nOne thing is for sure tho, democratic republics like ours are less prone to abuse than dictatorships or undemocratic republics, and that democratic representation is the only firewall against private tyranny -- market forces that take advantage of people, like slavery and indentured servitude.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "It's an extremely oversimplified argument. The size of government has little to do with its ultimate efficiency.\n\nThe history of America is a growing government, but not just because. Communications and distance shrinks, economic agents expand (some are bigger than nations), people travel, the world gets more complicated. The government evolves and centralizes to cope. It seems to be a natural evolution.\n\nBut if we accept this, then the debate should instead be about efficiency. How can we use the least money for the most public good? This is what the only debate should be about.\n\nSo when this nation was founded under the new Constitution (and failure of the Articles of Confederation), the federal government was little more than a common link between states, and a regulator of their activity. It went through several periods of expansion, most notably after the civil war and the Great Depression.\n\nI'd argue these were highly \"beneficial to the people\", and we still live with the results. The 13th, 14th (one of the most important in US history), and 15th amendments came out of the civil war and (eventually) were the basis for expanded civil rights for all people, and protected rights on the state and not only federal level (look up incorporation of the bill of rights). FDR's programs gave us what we common refer to as the safety net. Unemployment and social security, and in its tradition later medicare and welfare, as well as labor laws, minimum wages, and so on.\n\nI'd give examples of an actual reduction in government if I could think of one, but the truth is that America's history has been one of expanding (under either party). There isn't really a small-government party. It's just about priorities.\n\nIf right-wingers want money to go into military spending and corporate welfare instead of food stamps and unemployment, that's their prerogative, but to claim they will (or have) reduce the size of government is just untrue.\n\nEdit: The point I really wanna drive home is that the government has historical grown to MEET demands imposed by a evolving and increasingly complex society. So it's \"size\" will always expand, but so will its tax base and work-force. When it's \"too big\" it's not because there are too many agencies (unless they are redundant). We didn't used to need an FTC (trade), FCC (airwaves), FAA (aircraft), EPA (environment), FDIC (bank insurance), DEA (still don't), FDA (food/drug safety), OSHA (work safely/regulation), or any of those because either they weren't priorities or what they regulate didn't even exist yet. But as we expect a higher quality of life, of food and air and water and so on, so too do we need people to ensure it happens. That's what I mean by natural evolution of government. It tries to keep up with the economic evolution, which in America has gone:\n\nAgrarian -> Industrial -> Post-Industrial/Finance\n\nAnd the the prosperous and complicated we are the more we expect of our country.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "You have to define \"less government\". \"Old school\" Republicans believed in less *central* government, meaning more power to the states. Federal government is to regulate commerce, and provide protection. Of course we can't get to solely those points, and deregulation has caused some problems, so it's a fine line, to be sure.\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "More government over banks, financial institutions, and cooperations. Less government over individuals.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I think you can make an argument for both simultaneously.\n\nFor instance, there is this building in Boston that was built with a ton of NIH's money. It is a biocontainment facility (think like the end of season 1 of The Walking Dead), grade 4 or something. But there were a good amount of things that went wrong with the construction and whatnot. First off, the government contracted out to build these special walls that do not let contaminants spread through them. Well since it was a contractor building them all, they made every wall out of it, and actually managed to not build them to code. So there were these expensive walls in lobbies with open ceilings, which would not have contained any breach of containment in the first place, and then spending all of that money on the walls for no reason. It's like building a 12' fence and leaving the gate unlocked.\n\nThe contractors also did not follow code when building the walls, so much of the work they did was nearly useless. So in the end, you could say this was just a huge money sink and completely not worth it, or you could say there was a massive lack of oversight and that even one inspection of the facility and a monitor of the blueprints would have prevented all of that.\n\nAnd finally comes the politics of the building. A group of citizens were not happy with this biocontainment facility being in their neighborhood. So at the end of the day, the facility is only being used as a low-level containment facility. All of that money was put into this building and it's being heavily underutilized.\n\nThis is just one example of overambitious government, that likely could have been fixed with more attention to detail and less worries about deadlines that weren't met anyways.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I don't think the issue is specifically more or less government, it's having a more _effective_ government.\n\nTheoretically, 100 government workers could do the work of 200 current government workers if we just made the government and its various departments, agencies and bureaus more effective.\n\nThis would also probably require rewriting lots of laws and amending our legal system.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "In a grand and oversimplified view of American history: when the U.S. was a collection of largely rural agrarian states, having little government is good. A poor farmer doesn't need much support from government; just land, some tools, and good weather. He believes that government can't provide anything that he can't do for himself. Even the farmer depends on government more than he thinks, to protect him and his land from those who would take it from him. \n\nThe next oversimplified step takes its biggest example from the early 20th century: WWI, the Great Depression, and WWII. Within the span of a single generation, people saw the powerful things that government could do, and the vulnerability of individuals to the whims of market forces. We banded together out of necessity.\n\nThe later part of the 20th century, with a younger generation, the dangers of huge world-spanning government set in. The market, and the government changed roles, now it was government that threatened the individual; through conscription and taxation, while it was the market that seemed to provide freedom. It was market forces, that contributed to the fall of the soviet empire.\n\nNow, another generation is coming into their own, what lessons will we take away from history?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The whole premise of this is missing one huge element and that is the question of state's rights. A lot of why you associate Republicans with less government and Democrats with more comes from the fact the majority of nationally broadcast political debate is about federal issues. \n\nAlmost uniformly conservatives want less federal control, that does not mean, however, that they went less government in general. On the contrary, they simply want government to be locally run, or state run.\n\nSo, the real question has never been \"more or less\". It's always been national or local. \n\nThe federal government has pretty much taken over American politics following the end of the civil war and since state's rights have been getting chipped away. The reason for why is longer than I want to go into, but suffice it to say that it was slavery and the inability for the federal government to meet the challenge of strong states who refused to give concessions for the sake of staying a unified country. \n\nAnyways, the main fear of local government is that certain civil rights will be stripped away from minority populations in certain states if the states are given enough authority to do so. The integration of schools in the south, which on occasion took federal troops to implement, is the freshest of examples of this. The other fear is that without a strong federal force the nation won't be able to deal with larger problems, like war or market instability.\n\nOf course, it has advantages, too, such as dealing with abortion, gay marriage and lifestyle laws like the New York city ban on sugary drinks over 16 ounces. If these issues were to be settled locally there would little to no conflict about them. Gay marriage would be legal in San Francisco and illegal in Mobile and the only people upset about it would be people living in those areas who have different opinions then the majority, but what are they to expect: you can't live community while holding locally unconventional views without expecting some discomfort. Also, a weaker federal government maintains that American principle of individual strength that we so dearly cherished after throwing of the yoke of the royal courts after our revolution. \n\nOf course, the biggest draw back of small federal government is they can't combat the industrial titans, like the Robber Barons of the late 19th century. \n\nThe logical solution, in my mind, is socially local and fiscally federal. But the problem with that is, as any conservative will tell you, once the feds get power they grow and grow, which has been the trend for the last 3 decades. I hope my two cents helps.\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I don't have specific examples, but I wanted to say something anyways.\n\nBig versus little government is a balancing act. They both benefit people and they both hurt people. \n\nLittle government allows people to expand as far as they can go. It removes any ceilings that might be holding you or your corporation back from your potential. However, it does so at the cost of people who are not as successful. Within a little government structure, it's far easier to abuse the working class and it's difficult to give them the tools to respond. It favours extremes of success. \n\nBig government is aimed at providing a base line human experience, by setting up safety nets. They believe that everybody has a right to a certain standard of living and letting you go beneath it shouldn't happen. They believe the role of the government is not just basic law & order (which is all that little government believes) but in creating a better human experience for their citizens and the world. But, in order to make that happen, they have to collect taxes (which limits individual success). They also have to impose regulations to protect your standard of living, which means an individual must properly reward those who contribute and, therefore, negatively impacting their level of success. It favours a central medium level of success, and discourages both extremes.\n\nSo, the real question, is this: Is it better to have a society where everyone helps each other out but have to sacrifice a bit, or is it better to have a society where people do not have to sacrifice but can take advantage of each other?\n\nThis has been a point of contention since Greek society. I am not sure we will arrive at a solid answer, ever. I'm not even sure you can arrive at a solid answer on each issue even some of the time. In most issues, you can find somebody who will be limited because of the government and somebody who will be limited if there will be no law. Can we balance those to find the greater good (or rather, the lesser evil)? Yes, but what weight do you tie to each person and their limitation? How do you balance impact on people's rights when you have to impact one right?\n\nCurrent US example. Homosexuality. If the US government fully supports homosexual marriage and defends it [as a big government would], some people will feel their religious rights are being trampled on (bear with me liberals). If they don't [as a little government wouldn't], some people will feel their sexual orientation rights are being trampled on. Either way, people feel discriminated against. How do we put these on a scale of justice to conclusively prove that one course is more right than the other?\n\nIf you want to listen to the extreme Christian right, sexual orientation beyond being straight is wrong and doesn't deserve the same consideration. If you want to listen to the extreme little government people, they'll say that sexual orientation and marriage shouldn't even be handled by the government. If you want to listen to the extreme left-wing, they'll tell you that Christianity is a made up fairy tale and should never stand in the way of something real like true love between two people.\n\nHere's how five different ethical systems might approach this problem:\n\n* **ethical relativism**: Each culture gets to define their own ethical code. The US has a strong cultural bias against homosexuality. Therefore it should be illegal. (note though that there is some evidence for cultural acceptance of homosexuality in the US, which might swing your judgment).\n* **divine command**: The Church teaches homosexuality is wrong. Therefore it should be illegal. Alternatively, God does not teach homosexuality is wrong. Therefore it should be legal. Which path you choose depends on your interpretation of the Bible and which Church you go to.\n* **utilitarianism**: The gay people who get married in the US will be extremely happy with this. The people who are upset at this will likely rarely see gay couples in public and not be triggered to be unhappy. The balance of happiness falls on the gay people side, therefore it should be legal.\n* **deontology**: The US has a firm moral rule that discrimination is not right. This is a form of discrimination if not allowed. Therefore it should be legal.\n* **virtue**: Gay people are interested in exploring love and getting married. The people who protest it want simply for them to stop it because they personally object. It is more virtuous to explore love than to prevent others from exploring love. Therefore it should be legal.\n\nSo, it depends on how you think we can best make ethical decisions and then on your cultural background in some cases. The answer can be very variable. This translates back up to show that big/little government decision depends on how you make ethical choices in the end because we must use such a system of ethics to determine the correct behaviour. \n\nTo explore more in depth, deontology and virtue systems are based on everyone making good and kind ethical decisions for the people around them. They would support the concept behind big government. Utilitarianism would support using the right tool for the right job, moving between concepts as needed. Divine command and ethical relativism rely on your cultural background to decide which one is the right choice and are the ones often used to justify a little government approach (ethical relativism would say that it's expected for homosexuals to be treated like dirt in the US and if you want to change it, you should take action yourself locally, not rely on the government to impose it on others; divine command would say God hates homosexuals).\n\nHere's my thought on ethics. My personal opinion. Take it how you will.\n\nTo decide the ethical path, you need to look at the greatest good. But you also need to consider a central tenant for me: people have the right to the pursuit of liberty and happiness. You should be looking at what maximizes people's ability to pursue liberty and happiness, in general. This makes your society, overall, better. Happier people are more productive. If everyone is more productive, you can succeed at greater things in society as a whole. \n\nIn addition, I consider the fact that everything is interconnected today. We are very reliant on each other and the framework we've created. You don't go to work in the morning without driving on the road somebody else built. You don't use the Internet without relying on the work of thousands, if not millions of people. You don't buy the latest iPhone without a whole network of corporations contributing.\n\nEverybody involved in the process deserves a fair cut of the end result. This is my ethical choice. Success happens in modern society because of team efforts, not individuals. When we are all working better, we succeed to a greater degree than any one of us could on our own. Other random cliches here.\n\nOkay, seriously, I think people deserve fair compensation for the work they do. I think that we have many civil rights that need protecting. I think one of those rights should be essential services that we need to thrive.\n\nFinally, I think that one of the goals of humanity should be progress, in general. We don't exist just to live, we exist to thrive. To discover the world around us, to reach out and be all that humanity can be. Today, that is not one person any more who is leaping ahead, it is teams of people. It took thousands of people to send three men to the moon for a few days. Imagine what it will take to get to Mars, or the stars?\n\nSo, to conclude, I think our collective well-being is more important than individuals being allowed to succeed to the best of their abilities, in general. It's important we look out for each other and make sure nobody goes lacking before we look towards the stars ourselves. And it's important everyone contribute and everyone be involved and everyone be protected because we are all human. This is our experience. \n\nThat makes me a big government supporter. With a big government, we have and will continue to:\n\n* better defend human rights\n* protect the less powerful citizens from the stronger ones\n* ensure that everyone thrives and has a meaningful life\n* better fund projects that advance humankind.\n\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Try [Airbnb](http://Airbnb.com). It's not meant for this long a rental, but it's much easier to get a response. I used the normal websites and got zero responses, but got almost 100% response on Airbnb.\n\nThe prices are higher, but if you message the renter and ask about longer term stays, they might give you a cheaper price (1000CHF-1500CHF). Definitely saved my ass in Zurich.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Wouldn't it be easier to pass all the game objects to the display class upon their creation, to be kept in an array of pointers to base class. Then each tick have the display class call render on each object.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm interested in the idea. There are at least 4 dealerships near me. San Diego Harley, El Cajon Harley, Sweetwater Harley, and Quaid Temecula Harley.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Selmer s80 or s90, Vandoren BL3, Rousseau R5 or the new NC5. The Selmer mouthpieces are similar to the Yamaha and the R5 may be the most versatile in terms of classical and jazz. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "글쎄.. 뭐가 있었을까? 아! 우리 완전히 다 벗고 상추밭 미친듯이 뛰어다닌 거 기억 나? (Giggle) 그 농부 아저씨 완전 맛이 갔었지! [Gul-sse...Mwo-ga iss-eoss-eul-kka? Ah! U-ri wan-jeon-hi da beot-go sang-chu-bat mi-chin-deu-shi dwi-eo-da-nin geo gi-eok na? (Giggle) Geu nong-bu a-jeo-sshi wan-jeon ma-shi geoss-eot-ji!]\n\nMaybe... What could it have been? Ah! Do you remember when we got completely naked, and frantically ran around in the farmer's cabbage patch? (Giggle) That farmer got crazy mad! \n\n\nhttp://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_Rainicorn/Quotes", "score": 14 }, { "body": "Being Korean, it's super fun to listen to what she has to say all the time. Given, it might make Korean parents question if Adventure Time is really a kid's show O_O", "score": 9 }, { "body": "This raises an interesting question. If there is a Korean version of this show...with what language does Lady speak? English?", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Imagine if she said she was pregnant in Korean! That would have been something that would have driven non-Korean speakers crazy! Lady says Korean, then next scene is Jake with that face saying \"I'm puppies?\"... that would have driven me mad into suspense and paranoia!", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "There are apps that spam text messages. Some people use them on each other as a joke. Use a number blocker, there's a wide variety available for free on the market.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "This may be different than what you've been suggested before, but Bastion for PC is a work of art. Storytelling at its best.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Mass effect is certainly immersive. It doesn't quite have as many \"small bits\" as F3, but I think it's certainly up your alley if that's your favorite game. ", "score": 11 }, { "body": "With emphasis on \"cool bits\", if you're the kind to really take your time reading or listening I would suggest the following if you haven't played them yet...\n\n**Bioshock 1/2**\n\nThe pace of this game is a little quicker as it's an action FPS and not an FPS/RPG. However, the underwater world of Rapture is well done in my opinion and strewn throughout the games are also radio messages from the fictional time period and setting which you can listen to. I found myself appreciating the atmosphere and design of the games more than I thought I would.\n\nEdit: Bioshock in my opinion is a bit creepy but not exactly horror as compared to say Dead Space. The scary bits are mostly early on when when you don't have abilities and the \"drug addict\" Splicers say dramatic things. I find that fear is partially bound to your characters lack of strength and power. As you gain abilities it's less of an issue. When you're invincible, you don't get shaken as much after all. However if your tolerance for creepiness and shock value is really low then ok I'd skip it.\n\n**Deus Ex Human Revolution**\n\nThis is slightly closer to an an RPG, but still a little faster paced than Fallout. Here the world is much smaller than Fallout, but the game attempts to create a semi open world despite its linearity. Nevertheless, the story is decent, and the \"cool bits\" are many as nearly every computer terminal is hackable allowing you to read emails for more backstory or sometimes gaining passcodes to locked doors and lockers. Frequently when you stop and listen to NPCs you can hear and entire conversation play out as well. You can also pick up \"news tablets\" and read articles that were written for the game. They did a really nice job of making the world seem real.\n\nAs mentioned by others in the thread **Fallout: New Vegas** is also an obvious choice.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "The easiest answer is Fallout: New Vegas. I found the story in NV to be better than FO3 and the characters are great. The intro is pretty different and not nearly as unique as FO3 but the rest is better.\n\nThe Witcher 2 has a fantastic story and is one of the best games I've played. You might need to read the Codex to keep up with stuff, but if you can keep everything straight it's really good. The story changes drastically depending on a choice you make in the first chapter. It's a pretty resource intensive game so that might be a barrier.\n\nAlpha Protocol has a really good story but it's pretty buggy, if you can live with the bugs it's a good one. The way they handle dialog and relationships with characters are really well done.\n\nThere are lots of older games with great stories like Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Planescape: Torment,and Fallout 1 & 2. The dated graphics and mechanics might be an issue though.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Borderlands? \n\nit takes itself way less seriously than fallout but its also a fps with lots of rpg elements, the game is lots of fun and the sequel just came out.\n\nAlso if you have the chance to play co-op with a friend it is pure awesomeness", "score": 4 }, { "body": "The Max Payne series. The stories are convoluted but very good, and the gameplay is fantastic if you like third-person shooters. The Mafia games are also very good and the stories are tied together by the most mind-blowing mission I've ever played.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I feel like the story in Red Dead Redemption was great. It was told in a way I feel is similar to a movie, especially with the Undead Nightmare expansion. Should last you quite a while.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Obvious answer is Skyrim. you really cant go wrong, and there are so many small small details that you will never see it all.\n\nBut, im not sure if its horror, but you might want to check out Metro 2033. it's as scary as fallout is. It is a DAMN good game.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Ive said it once and Ill say it again Final Fantasy 7 is the best story driven game Ive ever played, got plenty of cool little extra things in it too. Recently been re-released for PC.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Two games that haven't been talked about yet: \n\n[Saint's Row: The Third](http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/zj12g5/hey-ash--whatcha-playin---best-game-of-2011) - Now, it doesn't have the strongest narrative hook (gangs fighting for territory while fighting off the government), but Saint's Row 3 lives off its personality. It has an awesome & memorable cast, interesting moral choices that affect your gameplay resources & experience, and it has some of the best set pieces and level design in any game ever. The cool bits and great characters start with the first mission and never stop, which was more than enough for me.\n\n[Valkyria Chronicles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bceYkhQjxGY) : One of my favourite games of all time. Despite having a little too much anime and fantasy influence in its story, the tale deals with a lot of the terrible and realistic horrors of war. All wrapped up into an extremely satisfying mixture of RPG, strategy, and third person shooter. Also, have you seen this shit? It's fucking beautiful.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I was just thinking the same thing today. I recently interviewed for a job that I wasn't really that interested in and went in not giving a fuck about what I said or did. It was a two-interview process and using this tactic I completely dominated the first interview and came out feeling great.\n\nUnfortunately, being the idiot I am, the realization that the job was mine as long as I didn't majorly screw up my second interview pushed me back into outcome-specific mode I completely bombed out.\n\nI didn't get the job but I learnt a fantastic lesson that I think is equally applicable to pick up as it is to job hunting.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I've had no personal experience with the 226, but I know the PTP M9 is one of the best ones out there. The 1911s...not so much. They're nice, but pricey for what they are. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I'd say buy a Marui for the price of a KWA 1911 PTP, KWAs are good and all, but the Marui will definitely be better for the same, if not a lower price.\n\nFor the 226, no experience but KWA pistols are generally gas effecient, fun to shoot, and pretty accurate and get pretty good range.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I've owned KWA's USP Tactical NS2, and currently own the KWA KMP9R and M226. \n\nI've always loved KWA's GBBs. They're loud, reliable, and realistic. \n\nI've been playing for almost 4 years I've never bought any other brand.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I've had a KWA 226 for over two years now. I bought three extra mags for it and they all seemed to be defective, the bottom plate broke off in the same spot on all of them, leaving me with just the original mag. All the mags were bought separately from different places so its not like I got a bad batch(I also never slammed the mags into the gun when reloading).\n \nAlso, when I got the gun, new, it came not working. The slide kept getting stuck, so I sent it back to KWA and they sent it back to me very quickly, and fully functional.\n\nAfter getting the gun repaired, it has performed exceptionally well, consistently. Warm weather is when it's going to work best. Under 55-60F the gun starts to under-perform, like most gas guns do. \n\nI seem to get better performance with propane, avoiding green gas unless at a field that requires it.\n\nThis gun has been abused by me, I hardly ever clean it or oil it and it doesn't seem to matter.\n\nAlso, the front and back sights weren't stationary, they slide left and right. I have no idea why and the back sight ended up falling off.\n\nOverall the gun is solid quality with dependable performance, but the mags seem to have an issue. Would I buy it again? KWA every time, but I would get a different model. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'll always play, I just need the right number.... PMing my guess.\n\n^Sent ^from ^[Reditr](http://reditr.com)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The only thing you need to know is to prepare to get back-stabbed at each and every opportunity. It is the only tactic that 75% of the online community finds viable. They will also use heavy weapons and the Hornet's ring to increase the damage from this back-stab, sometimes resulting in a one-shot. Most will only attack if they think it is a back-stab, turtling behind their Havel's shield otherwise. They're scum and they are to be looked down upon.\n\nYes, I'm slightly bitter. It's how I've lost my last four matches. Zweihander/Great Club/BKGA Hornet's back-stab (360, so 50% increase). *sigh*", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Armor of Thorns can cancel casts and also lead to stagger if you play aggressively enough - I have learned this well. My PVP Darkwraith is aggressive as hell and I often get messages from people telling me they couldn't handle it.\n\nI just roll into people and give them a relentless assault. It's good against glitchers who think they are good too.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I just wanted to share something awesome that happened last night. I'm pretty new to PvP, but I've been playing a lot lately. I was in Oolacile Sanctuary invading with my SL70 DEX/FTH build. \n\nWhen I invade there, I always immediately run to the elevator shortcut down to the boss area. If it's accessible, I go down, if not, I go hunt for the player throughout the level. As I walk up, I notice two of those breakable crystals that are all over the area *inside of the building with the elevator*. Also, the elevator is down at this point. Hmm... looks like the host has a summon and they're both disgusing in there...\n\nI slowly walk in, and as soon as I get into the doorway, both the crystals break out and turn into two white phantoms, and then the host comes in from the right in full Havel's. I immediately roll backwards out of the building but then I notice something. The host is directly between me and this hole in the ground, with his summons on either side of him. I ran back in the building and spammed WotG three times. On the third time, noone was dead, but it *just barely* knocked the host into the elevator shaft and he died.\n\nI literally yelled \"FUCK YEAH\"", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I never see anyone who uses TWoP special from stone greatsword. extremely helpful although it eats up durability, but it's not a problem with 99 repair powders. I feel like the only one to use it. Probably because it's such an asshole move. For the running away part, I usually let people invade me in Darkroot Garden and stand behind a tree and wait for them to get close to use it. Then they're stuck in my web of over encumberance, dead. I'm an dick. Best solution for the person is to try and parry me. Died a lot from that, I'm used to players panicking and getting an easy kill.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Get out of Jesusland. \n\nThere's no hope for any place in the \"Bible Belt\". \n\nIt's worse than Mordor.", "score": 35 }, { "body": "Sexual Orientation: There is currently no Federal or Georgia law prohibiting discrimination against employees based on their sexual orientation.\n\nhttp://sos.georgia.gov/firststop/georgia_employers.htm\n\nThe only way is to have a campus policy (in which case it's simply an employment issue) or petition to have it covered under state laws. As it stands, most places can freely discriminate against LGBT persons.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "What you need to do is petition your school to have safe zones and punishment for anti-gay comments, threats, etc.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Simple, badger your politicians to support legislation that protects minorities. More important, badger you school admin. IF they won't do anything go to another school.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The professor is, and should be, covered by the freedom of expression. Is his expression repulsive and irresponsible, not to mention almost certainly steeped in religiously-based bigotry? Absolutely, but we absolutely should not seek to change the law to punish this kind of disagreeable speech.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I like Tofurky deli slices every once in a while. That plus all the usual toppings makes for a darn-good sandwich.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "A wish sandwich.\n\nHave you ever heard of a wish sandwich? It is when you have 2 piceses of bread and ^teeheeheehee you wish you had some meat. \n\nI've been waiting forever to say that here... seriously though, there are plenty of sandwich options, some people do avocado, some do tofurkey non meats. I like to use hummus on a wrap. There is also grilled veggies such as portabello mushrooms, or roasted red peppers or squash. \n\n*[for those unfortunate enough to not know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyBZE0kBtE)", "score": 7 }, { "body": "[My very favorite easy-to-make veggie sandwich](http://www.sweetonveg.com/2009/08/avocado-dream-sandwich/)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "a salad.\nbut in all seriousness, upvotes for hummus and veggies on bread.. I'd say the sandwich format doesn't fit all that well with the vegetarian's needs, so break out that tupperware, and pack some leaves!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I had something similar happen in a recent build for a friend with a HD 7850. I had to boot to Windows without the GPU attached (use onboard HDMI or VGA), and update to the latest BIOS, then reboot. Once updated, I was able to boot with the GPU in without issue.\n\nThe latest BIOS for that mobo [according to the website](http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=BIOS) is 2.20.\n\nHope this helps!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "That was confusing. I thought she broke up with her boyfriend. I smoked for 17 years. If you can make it past three days it will be a want for the rest of your life. You have to want it really bad. For the first 3 days its a need. Good luck and realize that smoking sucks. ", "score": 35 }, { "body": "My best freind had a strong dependence on smoking and drinking, even pot. She found that the best way, after years of trying to go cold turkey with no plan, was to shift the association. \n\nWhen you feel the need to smoke, go out for a short walk/read a chapter of a book/do something sompletely unrelated that last around 20 minutes. You'll start building a new association.\n\nFrom craving -> Smoking to Craving -> Other activity.\n\nIt takes time though, and dedication, so make it something you enjoyand that's easily accessible. I know not everyone enjoys walking/reading so find something that works for you. \n\nWith drinking, try non-alcoholic wine or fruit punch (non-sugar). It's not the physical side, I found, but the actual act of putting a drink to my lips and sipping. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Congratulations!\n\nQuitting now will save you *so much* discomfort, pain, and ugliness in the future. You won't stink. You won't get that wrinkly smoker's skin. Your teeth and fingers won't turn brown. Your lungs will love you. Your risks for many, many awful diseases will go down. You'll save boatloads of money. It's all good!\n\nStay strong! You can do it!\n\n(I'm a doctor, and I see the long term effects of smoking all the time. It's so sad what people do to themselves.)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Good luck!! It's been 2 years-ish since I offially gave them up for good.\n\nI know you didn't really ask for advice but here it is anyway :)\n\nTry to cut out any of the things you associate with smoking as much as possible. this weekend I'd suggest going out and doing fun things where you either can't drink or can't drink easily. Try new things that you haven't done before which don't have that association.. and reward yourselves for making it through the day without having a cigarette. You guys are kinda lucky in a way, since you only see each other occasionally and you're both doing this you'll be able to hold each other accountable and I'm sure you won't want to dissapoint each other.\n\nThis one sucks but also try to avoid hanging out with other smokers as well. That part was the worst for me, and actually still is. I really have one friend left who smokes and I don't see her that often (once or twice a year) and when I'm around her I steal her smokes.\n\nOn the upside though, every day you don't have one you are lessening the pull. the first few weeks will be hard, you'll probably screw up. Months and years down the line you'll screw up, but as long as you pick it back up again after you'll be fine.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "My mom told me that when she quit she used to nibble on cinnamon sticks to get that hand/oral stimulation that she sometimes felt she needed. \n\nGood luck! Stay strong! ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I just never moved out in the first place. Lived at home all through college and commuted. Got my bachelor's, and I'm 23 now. Working full-time and still at home, saving up money. I never had a reason to move out, since it's just my dad and I in a 5-bedroom house. Aside from the occasional argument, we leave each other alone; he lives upstairs and I'm downstairs. It would actually be a dumb move on my part to move out, since I would just be throwing money away, when there's a big house I can live at for free. ", "score": 65 }, { "body": "For me, the hardest part was not letting the situation change me. I moved back with them for about six months after working abroad. I couldn't find a job and the fact I was living with my folks made me get really down on myself. I felt totally inadequate and incompetent. \n\nThe way I felt about myself as I readjusted to life in the USA and found work again really impacted my relationships. I had an awesome girlfriend who kept kept in touch with me while I was abroad and we started dating again when I came back. She broke up with me because \"I changed\". Really, what changed my was the fact I was living with my parents. \n\nI hated myself because of where I lived, I let it define me. I graduated from a four year, I worked in a foreign country. But while I was home, I was the 20-something who can't live on his own. To be honest, I didn't feel any better until I moved out.", "score": 52 }, { "body": "I currently live at home. I graduated from a pretty decent college and have a full time job working from home. I don't make that much, but hey, it is what it is. Since graduating last year, I've made a pretty good dent in my student loans but I still owe my parents $60,000. Absolutely no way I could move out at this point with rent in Chicago being what it is. \n\nHonestly, I'm getting really sick of it. My parents still kind of baby me because my high school brother lives at home as well. I don't really have any privacy and my parents never go out, so when they're done with work they're home all the time. My goal is to move out by the time I'm 25 (I'm 23), but my income situation is not likely to change before then. As a result, I'm currently looking for another job in the city with more income possibilities so I get get out of here and be happy. ", "score": 29 }, { "body": "I graduated back in December of 2009 and was offered a job a week or so before I graduated. Currently make $47,800 a year. I currently live at home with my parents. My house has my mom, dad, brother, sister, her boyfriend occasionally, uncle, myself and my fiancee (wife october 6th). \n\nWe all get along and things work out well. There are minor arguments when the parents/uncle watch news about politics but no one lets it fester. We have issues with parking, but have usually have it set up such that everything works in our driveway.\n\nHaving talked about it with my parents/siblings, we don't see much reason to move out. I would rather put the money into fixing up my parents house and living together. It is a larger house so we have privacy and we all have a live and let live kind of policy. My parents have never been overbearing. Since I was in fifth grade they let me do whatever I wanted. Mostly because they both worked two jobs and knew they couldn't stop me anyway, they would rather I was close enough to them that I talked to them about everything anyway.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "I did for 8 months after my undergrad. Jeez, if anything was a motivation to do whatever it took to get the hell out of there, it was being 22 and sleeping in the bunk bed I'd had since I was 6. There was no such thing as privacy, and there was no expectation of it. It was free room and board while I worked to pay my student loans.\n\nMy solution was grad school, which turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made. When I studied something more specialized, I felt like my education had a purpose (got my undergrad in computer engineering) and it gave my career a direction that wasn't just, \"get hired as a programmer, code 'til I retire.\"", "score": 18 }, { "body": "If you have a good relationship with your parents you should be fine. I lived at home about 6 months before getting my job after I graduated. The best way to beat it is to just keep your chin up and search for jobs. I was putting out ~30 resume's a day in order to get something. You'll find something it just requires patience.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Back at home for four months now. It wouldn't be so bad if I lived in a walkable neighborhood with things to do that didn't cost money, require a car, or close at 8pm. I have few friends here. Luckily my job is close and I can get downtown fairly easily too (90 minutes on public transit).\n\nMy parents are pretty overbearing. They always have been but after living away from home for four years as well as studying abroad, if drives me crazy. The endless questions. \n\nMy mom is also irresponsible with money and she buys shitty food. I've gained at least ten pounds since moving back home. I already have no willpower, and at my apartment I never kept shit food around. But the boredom and the lack of friends gets to me. I've been dealing with compulsive and stress eating since high school and things aren't going to change in a situation like this. \n\nMy parents would never charge me rent. The emotional toll is rent enough. ", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I'm 28 now, but I lived with my parents until I was 25.\n\n**The best part:** Having lots of money. Once you move out, rent will be a huge drain on each paycheck. I remember making $45k a year and telling friends, \"I have more than I know what to do with! Life is great!\" Then I made $20k more, moved out, and suddenly I was budgeting and managing every penny to make sure I had a proper balance. I had to pay all kinds of bills I didn't have before and that was a kick in the nuts.\n\n**The worst part:** You wake up, you go to work, and people pay you money and trust you with sometimes, significant amounts of responsibility. During the day, I'd manage a $1.5 MM account in New York City. At night, I'd come home and get nagged by my mother about not doing laundry. It's a huge disconnect. Half your day you're an adult and the rest you're back to being a child. It's hard to grow up and develop your own persona as a grown-ass person.\n\nMost of my friends have moved out, but I do have one that is still living at home at 28. He's been paying off all his student loans without worry. Furthermore, he's been able to save and invest a large portion of his income. Because of this, he will probably be the second childhood friend I know to buy a house. Meanwhile, I will be nowhere near doing that even though I make significantly more. Keeping expenses low for a long time means sacrificing the now for the later and his later is looming ever closer.\n\nFinally, I know that this is easier said than done, but sometimes it may be better to cut ties with parents and physically move to where the jobs are. It's nice to have an expense-free home base but if that base is in the employment badlands, starting a career is going to be more and more difficult. After college, I wanted to work in advertising, and luckily, I lived near New York (if you consider 2.5 hours away as \"near\"). But if I lived in say, the Appalachians, I'd have been screwed.\n", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I don't live at home but I wish I did, just for purely financial reasons. \n\nThe bitch of it is I had two choices when I graduated. Move home, to where the technology industry is essentially non-existent, so I would never get a job in the industry I went to school for. OR move to DC where the tech industry is on fire, and spend every penny I make on living expenses, because the new-hire salary is so shitty and the cost of living is so high up here. \n\nI saw a picture the other day that summed it up pretty perfectly. \"I can't believe I work this hard to be this poor.\" \n\nIf I could somehow live at home and have this job, I would have an easy $30-40k in the bank that I wouldn't have spent on rent and utilities. Instead I have *maybe* 40% of an emergency fund that I've been struggling to grow ever since I started working. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I did. From 22-25. I'm 27 now.\n\nI was in a similar situation as goatfishsandwich in that it was just me and my dad for most of the time I was home and we didn't interact a ton. I was also very fortunate that I met a girl that didn't mind the fact that I lived at home. I imagine not many will be as lucky.\n\nThe Good: Built up a nest egg like nobody's business. Full contributions to retirement accounts, excess savings. I was able to buy the car I wanted in cash (I know, a bit frowned upon here -- but no regrets) while still having more than enough in savings.\n\nThe Bad: Again, not so bad for me given I met my current gf during that time, but once I moved out -- at first it sucked. You take the small things for granted when you're not responsible for the home you live in or a large chunk of your meals. When I moved out, I learned to be a man frankly. Grew the fuck up. There's just no way a recent college grad living at home has the opportunity to do this. I have younger friends, and I see it all the time. There's just no substitution for moving out.\n\nLooking back, if I hadn't met my gf, I would have moved out after a year and having gone a little crazy and that would have been the best thing for my personal development. But since I got lucky, I don't really regret it. That initial nest egg set the stage for me to live the lifestyle I want to now without any concerns.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I'm doing it right now to save money as the post grad job I have doesn't pay very well. Its a struggle sometimes, my mom and I don't agree on everything and I'm still trying to figure out how my social life is going to work but its worth it in the long run. I don't think its that big of a deal nowadays like it used to be...the stigma of being the 'loser' who lives at home.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I have a outsider story.\n\nRight after moving to the city, I found that a lot of women my age(late 20s) still lived with their parents. This was new to me, because it was almost unheard of where I came from. The city's much more expensive, though, so it made more sense.\n\nI got set up on a date, so went to pick up the girl, at her parent's house. Got met at the door by her mom, was told the girl was still getting ready, and was taken in to meet dad. \n\nGuess where this is going? Yeah, he tried the \"I'm just cleaning my shotgun\" routine, and the \"I'm vaguely threatening you\" routine. \n\nI was alternately amused, saddened and insulted. I let him know, casually, that I didn't really consider being threatened to be a positive thing, and that my relationship with his daughter would be between us. \n\n", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I'm living at home right now. Graduated in May, signed a job offer a few months prior to that with a start date in August. I spent the summer travelling and right now I'm in India on a seven-week training assignment with my new employer.\n\nThe job has me traveling almost every week (out Monday, back Thursday) so there's little reason to get my own place right now—I'd never be there anyways. I'm making 60k in Houston so I could certainly afford an apartment, I just don't see any reason to throw away 800/month on something I'd use for maybe 10 days a month.\n\nAfter the new year I'll probably move out just because living at home *does* crimp my social life. Also, my parents live waaaay out in the 'burbs which puts me a long way from the areas people my age hang out in. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "My parents would have collected rent from me had I moved home after graduation, so I took the cheaper option and rented my own place.\n\nDoes anyone else's parents have the same policy of collecting rent from their children? Growing up, the agreement was always that after college I needed to move out, otherwise I'd be charged rent, so a little recession wasn't about to change their plans. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "When I first graduated I felt pretty crappy waking up every morning, firing off resumes in my underwear, and playing online poker/watching Maury for the rest of the day.\n\nThis went on for 4 months until I finally landed a temp job which fortunately led to a full time job 2 months later.\n\nI ended up moving out shortly after because my mom drove me crazy, but if you can handle working full time while living at home, go for it, you will be saving a lot of cash not paying rent.\n\nI later found out my post-college life isn't that uncommon. Just keep trucking/sending resumes/networking, a simple \"Hows it going\" can be your ticket to your first job. Try not to feel depressed for not having a job post-college and be thankful for what you do have.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I live at home and am aggressively paying off my student loans. I still owe just under 50k, although this year alone I managed to pay almost 24k by myself. This is stressful because essentially 90% of my paycheck goes towards my loans, leaving me with little spending money.\n\nThis year has been exceptionally stressful because several of my friends are getting married (expensive), and my car needed some repairs (expensive). However, my parents are absolutely wonderful and respectful of my needs and space. I do house chores and cook and in return don't have to pay any kind of rent.\n\nIt does really hurt the self esteem though, when all my friends are trying to live this \"single 20-something in a fancy loft going on expensive trips\" lifestyle and I'm stuck at home scrimping and saving. Sometimes I feel like a pretty big loser. But at least I really love my parents and don't mind being around them.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I lived with my parents after graduating. Thankfully, I've always had a fairly good relationship with them, so it worked fairly well.\n\nAfter getting my degree and barely being in any debt from school, I got a well paying, stable job -- mere weeks before the economic collapse, actually. I stayed at home for a few years and purchased my own house. I was 25.\n\nA lot of people were (and still are) impressed by the fact that I was 25 with my own house, but when you've got a good job and no rent, it's not really that hard.\n\nIn fact, the hardest part for me was getting my head around the idea that the house I came home to every night was actually mine. I felt like I was squatting or something.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I graduated in 2011 and have a full-time job. The pay's not the greatest, but it's not terrible. I could live on my own. But, I'm the youngest, parents don't like an empty house, I'm trying to pay off student loans and save up for a down payment on a house, I work around the house, and it all works out.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Once I graduate I intend on moving back home and living there for a year to two years while I save up money to buy a home. It's not 'scary' to move back home if the reason you are doing it is sound. It makes no sense living on your own paying rent, utilities, and food when you have no job. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "The only people I know that live at home did so by choice to save money, all have steady jobs in major cities. I don't know how they handle the commute everyday, but living more or less rent free probably helps. Having friends who still live in said cities definitely helps them avoid being couped up in their boring ass hometowns though", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I'm not living with my parents, but I can see why it would be desirable. I have friends who stayed home, and while it help financially, it seems to cripple their independence and willingness to take risks and find ways to make things work. I know this isn't the case for everyone, but it's what I've seen in my group of friends and peers. \n\nYes, financially, I could have saved a lot of money by staying with them, but I would have missed out on a lot of experiences and opportunities. It kept me independent and gave me an impetus for staying employed, even if it was at minimum wage jobs. \n\nI love my family. I love going home for visits. However, I don't think our relationship would be as \"adult\" as it is if I stayed home and kept being the \"baby.\" My husband and I are working to save money, build towards the life we want, etc. It's not luxurious, but it's better than if I had stayed home. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I wish I could live with them but I hate where they live (suburbs of Chicago) so I stay where I'm happy(and poor), boulder co", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had to move back home with my mother in order to save enough to get out of debt. I'm still working on it, but I believe it's very different in Mexico, as staying with your parents until you get married is kind of the norm.\n\nBut I do miss living by myself, hopefully, I'll be able to do it again soon.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My GF's mother flashed her hairy vagina at me, when she was cleaning it with the bathroom door opened. One of the most traumatic experiences of my life.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I lived at home for about 5 years after graduating college. Worked a full time job all that time, paid my parents rent which helped them with their savings.\n\nI could have easily saved $50k more than I saved - but I bought computer games, ate about 70% of my meals out, took vacations, etc. But during that time, I at least paid off my vehicle, paid off my student loans, and saved a few ten-grands in a 401(k) - before I moved out.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I'm 25 now. I've lived primarily at home since graduating in January 2009. I spent a total of 11 months (a 6 month stint, and a 5 month stint) living and working India. However, the 1-2 years I wasn't abroad I spent jobless and living at home on Long Island. It was a depressing experience, and I am truly a homebody. I have a greater relationship with my parents and younger siblings, and I'm not someone who craves nightlife. Luckily (or unluckily for them), I had many friends still in town either with OK jobs or no jobs at all- so I did have a social life.\n\nFortunately, I finally found a job last November. I work remotely from home. I could certainly afford to move out- but cost of living for Long Island for young people is enormous. My job doesn't really require me to be anywhere specific, but my relative proximity to NYC is key.\n\nSo, even though I was depressed at home without a job, I choose to continue to live at home while I work. I save A LOT of money. I'm quite happy... however, when I think about my short-term plans (working a couple more years --> going to business school), I realize I'll be 27,28 before I leave the house. Thinking about that does get me down, especially socially. More and more of my friends are leaving Long Island (though I do have plenty of friends in NYC). And I feel like my dating prospects are diminished by living at home, not to mention I haven't been too interested in the girls I have met locally.\n\nSo I'm incredibly thankful I do have a great job in this economy, and I'm currently pretty content. But I'm scared I'll eventually regret how much time I spent at home.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Hope you don't mind a UK story - my brother graduated after studying Music Theory at London MET. He had wanted to be a session musician (drums) but towards the end of his degree became interested in becoming a music therapist. He started volunteering, he did Camp Amelrica in New York and specialised in teaching city kids to let out their frustrations on a drum kit. Back in the UK he worked at a charity which teaches music and studio skills to disadvantaged kids in East London. And travelled to different schools as a mentor which was part of the Beat Bullying Campaign. \n\nWhen University ended the volunteering had to stop. He had to pay his rent. He went back to being a delivery driver which was what he did before his degree. He worked in a few schools and did get some paid work as a carer with different Autism charities. The work was scarse and not well played. Despite having passion and experience not having a GNVQ (basic pre-degree level certificate) in health care meant he missed out on a lot of jobs and started to resent his Music degree. \n\nIn February this year he made the brave decision to give up his flat in London and move 200 miles away and back in with our parents. He was pretty depressed, all his friends had moved on or were doing the same old boring things. \n\nI was pretty worried about him. But 3 weeks ago I helped him move back to London and he started a Masters in Mental Helth Nursing. Sponsored by the NHS and 50% placement. Very happy and proud of him. \n\nMoving home was tough for him but it broke him out of the cycle of paying rent and allowed him to focus on what he wanted. \n\nGood luck. \n\nAnd fuck yeah NHS!!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I lived with my family until I was 25. \n\nI lived with my mom for about a year but she was in the process of selling her house and I was kind of in a depressed state since I couldn't get a job, so we had our fights and I was a lazy and ungrateful fuck who mooched. My brother&sister-in-law was kind enough to take me into their house where I lived there for two years learning proper respect for other's belongings and space while trying to save up $5k to live on my own.\n\nI saved up 4.8K and moved out. During the last six months I read anything and everything I could about frugal living. \n\nI only make 26K a year after graduating from college but it's not retail and I do really enjoy my job (7-8/10!), so that's definitely a plus. I now share an apt with a roommate so that saves me $ too. \n\nI just kept applying every day. My brother gave me 2 years to mooch. Never had to pay rent but I tried to contribute where I could since I worked shitty retail.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\"Everything happens for a reason\"\n\nReally? That person on the news got raped and murdered for a reason? What reason?", "score": 12 }, { "body": "After you do something because one of your friends was doing it : \"Well if ____ jumped off a cliff would you do it too?\" - Teachers and parents everywhere. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Everything is so \"EPIC\" these days. Fuck! There are many adjectives available to describe intensity...use them. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Anything in the vein of \"the Lord works in mysterious ways,\" \"it's just God's will,\" or \"Jesus take the wheel!\"\n\nIn other words, anything that completely absolves some fuckwit of responsibility.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I's better to regret something you have done than something you haven't. The fuck? Better to regret killing children than to regret not joining the peace corps?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”\n\nYou are a cunt and I do not wish to be your friend.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Telenet is the better ISP of the ones which I have experience with. \n\nStay away from Mobistar... We had too many issues with them and having to deal with Belgacom, as they use their networks. Find a company that utilizes it's own infrastructure.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "This guy has revolutionized jungling forever since he first rocked that Shyvana and counter jungled everyone in their first tournament major appearance. You have to respect him for that and at least consider him one of the best junglers in the world. For me he's number one...", "score": 58 }, { "body": ">**The season two finals are just a month away now, what are your expectations leading up to the most important tournament in LoL’s history?**\n\n>I am looking forward to exploring USA. *I hope to get a lot of free-stuff as well.*\n\nDiamond has his priorities right, that's for sure.", "score": 42 } ]

[ { "body": "The NIC of the printer and the switch ports may not be able to auto-negotiate. You may have to manually set them for the same thing ie: 10/100/1000 MB full-duplex.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Can you go to the default IP address of the printer and manually set the IP or confirm that DHCP is enabled in the settings? (Seems like DHCP is enabled if the printer gets an IP from other network ports)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Haha twice now we've been ambushed by players while my boyfriend steps out for a smoke break. He comes back, we're both dead...", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Unless there is something special about the year of the dragon for you, I wouldn't go with that one; part of the cost is the fact that it's a limited edition. I would rather get a Filco Majestouch 2 if I'm going to spend that much (actually, that is what I have). ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I found all of my reference pictures online. I have a psycho cosplay complete with the buzz axe, although I half-assed the weapon. If I remember I can take some close up shots of the Psycho toy and it's tiny buzz axe, which is surpisingly detailed.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Ahh /r/todayilearned, where it's okay not to know certain things, and ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY not to know certain other things, and whether something is the former or the latter depends on how many upvotes it has. Hivemind.", "score": 49 }, { "body": "A lot of posts on reddit have been like that for years. People post a fake facebook screenshot of someone saying something stupid (or a picture of someone doing something stupid, etc.), and everybody is all like \"omgz people are so dumb, unlike us, we're so smart, amirite???\". Then it turns out that it was all fake and people go on with the circlejerk, invoking Poe's law and saying that people that dumb are common anyways, so let's go on with the superiority feeling... All of this is pretty pathetic, really.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "I don't understand how they can take the intellectual high ground and then put [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1088fl/til_that_after_a_test_preview_for_apollo_13_an/c6ba4fb) past +100.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Whoa, shit, when did this happen?\n\n/u/this_is_an_acronym is spelling out 'OP is a fag' with all of his posts. I can only imagine this novelty account will soon be sweeping reddit. ", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "Oh, you mean like my car? ;)\n\nFirst, bookmark these websites. They are the best resources on the internet for what you're looking into:\n[nastyz28.com](http://nastyz28.com)\n\n[ls1tech.com](http://ls1tech.com)\n\n[motors.ebay.com](http://motors.ebay.com)\n\n[craigslist.org](http://craigslist.org)\n\n[summitracing.com](http://summitracing.com)\n\n[hurst-drivelines.com](http://www.hurst-drivelines.com/)\n\nPersonally, I think rear wheel drive is MUCH much better for cornering and handling than any front wheel drive car. Lots of race car manufacturers tend to agree with me. 40 year old F-body cars (Camaros and Firebirds) have aging suspension geometry, but were the best handling cars in their days, and I've seen properly beefed 2nd-gens outhandle modern Corvettes and imports (on leaf springs no less!). Check out [Hotchkiss](http://www.hotchkis.net/) and [Pro Touring Fbody](http://pro-touringf-body.com/) for suspension kits that would spank your old Honda for a reasonable price.\n\nFor motor, consider grabbing a 5.3 or 6.0 out of a modern GM truck or SUV. They're the EXACT same engines as the LS series in the Camaros, Firebirds, Corvettes, GTOs, etc., except it's an iron block (vs aluminum) and has a different intake manifold, as well as other minor differences. They can be had for much cheaper than the aluminum stuff, and a lot of performance guys like them in their Camaros/Firebirds for the bigger displacement of the 6.0's and the stronger iron blocks. I got lucky and scored an aluminum one off craigslist for $300 because I was willing to do some work on it, but they average around $1000 used, whereas the truck stuff averages $300-$600 for complete running motors.\n\n[Mary Pozzi's Camaro](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwb0VLJl3Jw) is one of the best handling 2nd gen's I know of, if you'd like some inspiration. She's a frequent poster on Nastyz28, too.\n\nEDIT: stupid formatting", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "- Spell resistance\n- A culture where a barbarian is the norm and magic is distrusted\n- Put them in a very tight environment where there isn't room to use magic effectively, or if he loads up on magic missile, put them in an environment where they are swarmed by dozens or even hundreds of low level kobolds. His spells will run out and your barbarian will be in his glory, dripping blood and cleaving through the horde.\n- Traps traps traps!\n- RPGs are not video games. There is no threat meter, there is no 'tank' and there's no tactics that enemies can't overcome. When I used to run D&D a lot, my players used to have a saying \"Geek the mage\" it meant that as soon as combat started, they figured out who the spell caster was in the group of bad guys, and kill him first. Why wouldn't villains do the same thing? Why would they try to duke it out with a axe wielding zealot when a single sword blow could fell the magic user?\n\n\nBasically this... it's going to feel 'unfair' tailoring your game to fuck over one player (the sorcerer) but as it is now, the mage is ruining the fun of everyone else. You need to put him in his place... each PLAYER should be equally important in your game. No one PLAYER should have his CHARACTER feel invincible or more important than the others.", "score": 33 }, { "body": "Spellcasters are more powerful in short bursts, martial characters' power is over the long haul. If the PC's dictate the pace of encounters, spellcasters will always be more powerful-- they'll blow all their spells in the first few encounters, rest, and then do it all again tomorrow. (This is usually called \"the 15 minute adventuring day\".) As a GM, give the PC's reasons to do as much as they can in a given day; the more encounters they have to do between rests the less spells the casters can cast per encounter, which will give the martial classes time to shine. ", "score": 16 }, { "body": "For the roleplaying part of the question, remember that roleplaying isn't about winning or optimizing. Your low charisma barbarian doesn't stay out of social situations just because he knows the wizard will handle it better- he's not playing an rpg, he's a large socially challenged gentleman who puts axes in things for a living. He might go in and start roaring at people, slapping them on the back and offering them drinking horns full of ox blood, etc, because that's in character. And it will often make social encounters harder, but it will make them more fun too. Especially with you playing both GM and DMPC, your \"character\" can be offering a lot more than just good numbers.\n\n", "score": 14 }, { "body": "Be realistic in prohibiting the 15 minute adventuring day. If the wizard blows his wad during the first encounter, have the barbarian clap politely, then tell the wizard to pick up his gear, there's still plenty of sunlight left.\n\nAfter a while of cowering behind the barbarian, the wizard will start to conserve his spells (like he's supposed to) and rely on the barbarian to handle the rabble.\n\nAlso, any time the wizard says something about using all his spells because he's about to go to sleep anyways, it's time for a night attack. Maybe a couple of wyverns. Maybe a bulette.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Wizards have a finite amount of spells they can cast in a day and have to prepare for them. Run an adventure where he doesn't have 8 hours to prepare and watch him become utterly useless.\n\nAlso, is it just the two of you playing? Only asking because I hate it when the DM has a character.\n\nWait, what system is this?", "score": 10 }, { "body": "For Role Play do situations with people who don't trust mages - like other barbarians. No matter how charismatic he may be the natural distrust counters it and it gives the barbarian player a chance to come up and RP. Don't do this too often though (and make sure the wizard still has time to shine) or you are just gimping a character instead of giving another character a moment to shine.\n\nFor combat I've always liked hitting players on multiple fronts. If I have a powerful wizard I give them something to deal with, but there is also something else that has to be taken care of at the same time (both get a time to shine.) You can also have fun with Mage Hunters (assassins/warriors with magical protections against spells) to make the wizard have to think on his feet and perhaps even come to rely on the rest of the party.\n\nAs with everything though, don't go overboard on hitting the wizard. The object is to bring everything in line so everyone has a chance to play and have fun. Not to ruin one player's fun because he is holding the spotlight too long. Especially if he is holding the spotlight unchallenged.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "If you want to make your barbarian character get some spotlight, consider what happens outside of combat too. Have the characters travel through the wilderness where the barbarian feels at home and the wizard is out of his element. While the barbarian cheerfully stalks some game and braves the cold and wet without comment, the wizard huddles in his tent clutching his spell book cursing the weather. Despite the wizard's charisma the rural folk and tribes are only civil to him, whereas the barbarian they see as one of them even with his brutish manners.\n \nAs for combat, examine what's making the wizard so powerful. If all encounters start at range the wizard will have more time to be effective. If all encounters have masses of foes the wizard's area effect attacks will seem more efficient. Don't try to throw the balance against the wizard by switching to all short-range single foes, but be aware where the balance should be at.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Having them encounter barbarian tribes (or people who distrust magic and magic-users) could give the barbarian a chance to shine in a social setting.\n\nAs far as combat goes, sleep (or lack thereof) is the great equaliser. Sure, the wizard is powerful now, but let's see how he does in his third fight in a single day without a chance to rest for 8 hours.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "They both have very loose definitions and the pizza cupcakes sound wonderful to me. I have been making savoury cakes for years thanks to a recipe from a French friend. [Here](http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/09/savoury-cake-recipes) is a nice article about them.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The type of flour that is used and how they are put together.\n\nBread - you typically use a type of flour with high gluten content and mix/knead the dough very thoroughly in order to establish long, tough gluten strands so that your bread is nice and chewy. Also, eggs are typically not required for your basic breads.\n\nCake - you typically use a type of flour with low gluten content so that the cake *doesn't* get super chewy. You also use eggs and typically a lot more butter to provide the right sort of mouth feel.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\"I took the MSF course before it was cool...\"\n\nSeriously though, the MSF course is the best investment you can make in your personal well being if your going to ride a motorcycle/scooter/etc. It not only teaches you safety, but also how to be a better \"jedi mind reader\" as your scanning traffic as well as how to feel comfortable doing more advanced evasion maneuvers. \n\nPersonal gripe: I cringe when I see people on scooters zipping around without helmets, but what drives me more insane are the folks that wear flip flops. I dont think the realize that their feet will be shredded like pulled pork in just 15ft of asphalt. ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "My four year old is always pointing out people on motorcycles and scooters who don't wear gear. Don't be one of the people that my innocent little four year old judges for not wearing at least a helmet, jeans and a jacket. His sweet little heart will hold you in disdain for not caring about your life and you don't want to be one of the people adding to his cynicism for the world. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Um, relax for a month? Goddamn dude you fucking fractured your arm. Take a break from TF2 for a bit, and just don't watch any YouTube videos so you could forget it for a while. You really can't play the way you are now.", "score": 37 }, { "body": "It is obvious I have a problem with playing TF2 lol,\n\nI've managed to use the included Logitech program to keep standard controls, and I've added forward, jump and crouch to the three thumb buttons, backwards to M3 and strafe to the buttons that are on pushing the middle mouse left and right. I've also bound \"Medic\" and \"Thanks\" to the DPI adjust buttons. \n\nAs for those telling me to take a break :) Thanks, but my recovery needs me to keep my left hand raised above my heart and to not use it, so playing TF2 is a great way to recover, plus my doctor said when possible, using the keyboard again will further help the recovery.\n\nI'ma try out some Mann Up with some good friends later, i'll update if i'm terrible! :)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "bind mouse1 +forward \nbind mouse2 +back \nbind mouse4 +left \nbind mouse5 +right \nbind space +attack \nbind enter +attack2 \n\nThe plus side your aim will improve when you get your hand back. because your arm wont tense as you right click, but good luck rewiring your brain. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If one thing can be said of Blackfyre loyalists it is that they believe the Blackfyres were what the realm needed. Varys in his concern for the realm but constant meddling in Targaryen rule shows his true intentions as a Blackfyre supporter. Here is Ser Eustace from D&E:\n[Dunk and Egg] ( /s \"Why, lad? You ask me why? Because Daemon was the better man. The old king saw it, too. He gave the sword to Daemon. Blackfyre, the sword of Aegon the Conquerer, the blade that every Targaryen king had wielded since the Conquest… he put that sword in Daemon’s hand the day he knighted him, a boy of twelve.\")", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Varys might not be so \"For the realm\" as you think. If the [speculation](/s \"Blackfyre theory is true then he was likely trying to destabilize the realm back then as well. What is more unstable? A madman on the throne or his seemingly perfect son?\")", "score": 5 }, { "body": "> Why did Varys tell Aerys that Rhaegar was looking to overthrow him and that is why he was going to the Tourney at Harrenhal?\n\nIf you believe the \"[Southron Ambitions](http://towerofthehand.com/blog/2012/01/05-southron-ambitions/index.html)\" theory, there might have been some sort of Stark-Arryn-Tully-Baratheon conspiracy in the makings. Varys could've gotten wind of this. Suddenly, Rhaegar gets his buddy Oswell Whent on the Kingsguard to ask his family to throw a big tourney and invite all those great lords (but not Aerys). Varys could've jumped to the conclusion that Rhaegar was in on the conspiracy -- when in fact Rhaegar was just trying to arrange a pretext to meet Lyanna Stark and fulfill the \"song of ice and fire\" prophecy.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Weren't the parents of Robert and Stannis Baratheon traveling to find Rhaegar a wife from Essos?? I wonder if it was Varys who put that notion in their heads so they would bring back someone who he wanted. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "In a state with dispensaries and a \"legal\" way to do it, I think you just walk into a dispensary with your product and sell it to them. Probably one of the California growers will chime in with the exact process.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Congrats! I just joined and started going to a gym a couple weeks ago, and it's amazing how fast it just becomes habit to go. Now I go every night when I get home from work. Even on days when I really don't feel like going, I always feel much better after I've gone and done my thing. Keep at it!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I would love if a high fantasy novel was uncovered. How cool would it be if one of Tolkien's works was considered an account of our history? Maybe students would actually pay attention in their studies.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The iTune's Terms and Conditions. The future people would think we were some legal-brief-consuming-machines who also loved music.", "score": 3 } ]