Meldar

I've been a smoker for several years now; got into it at 15 because practically everyone I knew (that is, everyone my age) smoked as well. So...that sucks. I have at least cut back to, as ironically mentioned above, about a pack and a half a week. Thing is, I liked tobacco before I actually started. I'll probably never stop, and that's just the way it is. I definitely prefer cigars to cigarettes, and my significant other and I like our nighttime discussions over a fine cigar. It's legal and we like it. Alcohol, on the other hand...I suppose this may lead to some preconceptions, but I am a college student who does like social events. Thing is, I don't drink. Not only is it illegal, but I'm on a few medications that prevent me from processing alcohol (that is, one shot feels like four or five) and so...there's my excuse. I've always been against the idea of alcohol as a crutch. I've seen too many friends go to rehab for alcohol and drug abuse (cocaine and heroin mainly). Extended family members of mine have been alcoholics. It's sad and frightening. As such, even though I identify as a social progressive, I am strongly against any legislation lowering the drinking age here in America. The rest of the world, fine, do your own thing. ;) I've never tried hard drugs and don't plan to. I easily could, though, that's the scary thing. It doesn't speak very well of my area that I can I think of five places or people where I can potentially buy any number of substances, but that's the case. I don't like that at all...I see what it does to people, and it's terrible.

Well they don't fool me. :P I don't claim to be an expert on how they work, I guess I've just seen them so much I've grown used to their presence. I used to run a skilling clan (technically still do) and bot-hunting was one of our regular events. Seems a bit silly, but I can't help but feel it helps a little.

Not so at all. A genuine player, even if he/she is a serial grind-trainer, shows variation in their gameplay. A bot generally does not. It is not that hard for a large group of computer programmers to generate a method of detecting the use of other (3rd party) programs to interact with theirs. For instance, the bots which fight Chaos Mages. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to their actions but in reality, they follow a scripted course, just like every other bot ever. JaGEx's detection systems do fail sometimes, but never (as far as I hear) has it resulted in a wrongful ban for macroing. With bots being just about any level, though, it's not going to get any easier to tell...I'll admit to that. :(

I do actually go out of my way to report hundreds of bots a day. It's one way of giving back, since I'm not going to mute people for cursing. Hell, I curse at the bots. In Chinese. Normal player reports are treated similarly, except they have the 60-second limit between reports. Macro reports just set the system in motion and it's all (ironically) automated from there on. It DOES work. And they're working on newer, bigger, better ways to catch cheaters. They just won't let on how. ;)

Meh, I've not had a haircut in ~16 months and it looks fine. No knots or anything as I brush it out. My hair's really curly, so it doesn't get in my face unless it's really windy, or I straighten it. Caretaking isn't that big a deal although I go through a lot of shampoo. Other people don't regard me any differently (why should they?). I think the main reason people don't realize it's so long is because my hair's so curly. If I straighten it, it goes down to almost my chin, which is ridiculous and impractical...

I'm voting McCain since Ron Paul threw in the towel and endorsed Chuck Baldwin, who is insane.

Figured its high time I post another one as my hair's gotten quite long. Feel free to index, I think I only have one right now.

I lol'd, hard, does that make me a bad person? :( - I've posted serious questions on Yahoo Answers (before I discovered the encyclopedia in my library) and gotten answers that are just plain wrong, honestly.

DragonForce and Shi-I mean SlipKnot.

I can't stand anything that has no meaning behind the lyrics. That includes songs in EVERY genre. I like all genres of music, even some country. But if it doesn't mean anything there's no way I'm listening to it.

JFAC isn't too good. Personally I try and growl like Origin or Svartsot. The key is to breath from the chest and not the throat or it'll be hellishly sore really soon. And ignore the fail[bleep] trolls above.

I have sleep problems to an extent so I can go to bed at 3 AM and wake up at noon feeling totally exhausted, or I could go to bed at 9 PM and wake up at 9 AM feeling totally exhausted. Usually I get about 10 hours of sleep but it doesn't do much.

Woah. Not what I expected. Look out world.

Hear hear, too bad you got to this topic first, I was gonna say the exact same thing. And I'll elaborate. Look, I believe in the same God that all Christians, Jews, and Muslims believe in. But do I believe that He controls and judges all our actions, no; do I believe that the Bible is a book of law, no; do I think America (I'm from America) should be governed according to religious creed, no. Is homosexuality right? Well I'm not homosexual, at least, not entirely, I go both ways, but I still support gay rights and freedoms. Is homosexuality wrong, well that's a resounding NO and I have a huge pet-peeve of people using the same religion that I follow as a fall-back/shield/method of arguing that such alternate lifestyles are "wrong".

I've never experienced anything like that. However, it would be against my nature to disavow the existence of something I have never seen. So there are ghosts, there are supernatural beings, and there are spirits.

On page 3 I posted a picture which I would like to replace the two currently indexed. Could someone please get rid of them, and replace it with the one I posted on p3...thanks. Done.

I won't, I don't care, my bank has been organized the way it is ever since I first subscribed and I like it the way it is; everything is perfectly organized. We DO have the option not to set tabs, right? We better or I don't know what I'm gonna do... :|

In my experiences no, ignoring does notwork. In the end all it will do is piss off your harassers to the point where they will tease/bully you even more. If you're uncomfortable talking about why exactly people would talk crap about you that's understandable, but there are certain things that people are intolerant of that you just can't change about yourself. Talking to a therapist may help alleviate some of the stress it may put you under, but to avoid getting totally pushed over the edge there are probably more steps that need taken, such as suggesting behavioral counseling for the people who are harassing you, etc. Trust me, being put under mental or emotional strain because someone feels like hating on you is no fun at all. I've never had to deal with such bullying; I am however the concerned observer, the innocent bystander, the guy who looks out for anyone - that guy. I've been known to step in and talk sense (or force sense) into bullies and their ilk; I'll admit I've probably inflicted some serious pain on those kinds of people as well to get the point across. My advice would be to have a serious talk with your parents about how your harassment is affecting you and how their advice and the advice of your tutor isn't really working at all. I hope you get your problems resolved.

I'm 'that guy'

There're so many carcinogens, there's many in tobacco as well and the government's trying to make people stop using that too... Personally I don't have a problem with it. No I don't smoke it. It's nothing special. The main reason it'll never be legalized is that...well when one's high on pot one tends to do stupid or dangerous things in public. That and there's no way to mandate what you cut the stuff with so you can get all sorts of unwanted side effects :(

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I would like to see 75% of them REMOVED. More randoms are the last thing we need as the ones we have now don't even accomplish their intended purpose...

Both pictures of mine in the index are out of date, could you please take out both and replace with only this cell shot taken by my special someone...:P Thanks. :) [hide=][/hide]

Well ya that's my other grievance tbh, 99% of the threads are either that or "Post ending in ## gets $## on Paypal" or "Post ending in ## gets a rar of this girls [bleep]" or whatever. -.-

Don't use 4chan. Never have never will. I may lurk or post on other *chans but won't say exactly which. I don't form judgments based on their content. I just don't use imgboards I don't like.