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Energy drinks are disgusting to begin with, but adding 12.5% alcohol to an energy drink makes it undrinkable in my opinion. Why people drink these types of things is beyond me.

Who cares. Accuracy in names has never been an American forte.

Seems a little fishy when you only get those two numbers. I'd like to see what the cost was to run this organization (outside of salaries) and then I will judge.

Drinking PBR and listening to bands that haven't formed yet. That is [bleep]ing hip, man.

Wait...hipsters are drinking PBR?? When did this happen? The only people I've ever seen drink PBR are the redneck hunting/fishing type that I grew up around.

'Tis a great place.

You have to analyze music in the context of its time period. I believe that you can't compare across generations because music is cyclical and progressive by nature. The reason "they don't make bands like that anymore" is because if we had the same bands playing the same styles over and over again, no one would listen to it. Embrace the change in music over time. That isn't to say that all new music is good (good being a subjective term), but at some point the hard-on for the 70's needs to go. It was a great era for music, but it is not the be-all end-all of modern music.

The only reason anyone would really care about Columbus Day is if they got the day off of work/class. Other than that we forget it within a week.

If, as Americans, we re-examined every one of our holidays' validity, we would no doubt have to change every one of them.

Most people are well aware what Columbus did and what most of the conquistadors stood for. I feel like if we collectively leave these things in the past, they will stay there. I don't know of a single person that would say what the early explorers did to Native Americans was justified. I'd like to move forward from these type of discussions, they only serve to re-open wounds that have not healed.

The reason that there are less "funny" topics is because of the Questionnaires sub-forum. Those are the light-hearted topics people don't see anymore.

You're clever, or can't type a sentence. Either way is funny :shades:

I'm thinking about starting Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Anyone read it?

I used to throw on the local classical music radio station when I was younger. Worked like a charm.

Sometimes if I really struggle to fall asleep, I smoke a very small amount of weed. Not enough to get high, but just enough to catch a relaxing buzz. This suggestion only applies if you're into that sort of thing. If you're not, disregard this post.

I like the crowd in the MM&T board the most. Really good people and really good conversations. How2Pk, Warrior, Assassin, Lateralus, Indyfan, Jaerk to name a few. Sad that some of the really good members have left, though.

Throwing in arbitary quest requirements just so high levels can feel special sounds like a bunch of sour grapes to me. Theres no reason that magic fish couldnt be caught with 60 fishing. The fishing requirement is just there to make the quest "exclusive" and force people to grind for 100 hours if they want to do a quest. Anything past 90 is way excessive for the average player. A quest lover should be able to quests without excessive grinding. If jagex threw in a level 97 quest requirement, the quest lover would have to excessively grind. The grinding is there for those who want it, you can grind your way to 97 fishing all you want. But don't try and push your grind onto other players. I don't think you even understand what the phrase "sour grapes" means, because your usage of it doesn't make any sense. And that second quote isn't even from me, so thanks for the misquote. You don't address any of the points I made except for an off-hand remark I added at the end of my post. You are simply too damn lazy to train your skills. Instead of wasting your time complaining about how requirements are too high, why don't you go out and train like the rest of the players do. Not everything can be spoon-fed.

The most successful (and yes, I know the term 'successful' is arbitrary, but Jagex clearly identifies success with high skill levels) players in Runescape grind skills. You can deny it all you want, but that has been a basic fact since the beginning of the game. You also have to remember that Runescape came out over 9 years ago. Plenty of players, myself included, have been playing for a good number of years and have accumulated a relatively high total skill level but do not grind out skills for the sake of the 99. There is nothing wrong with not wanting to train for 200 hours on a certain skill. That decision has repercussions, though, when you choose not to train a certain skill you are also choosing to forgo any rewards that you may have been able to receive. It's a simple concept and one that is found in many games where stats and levels are the focal point. Anyways, it sounds like a whole bunch of sour grapes to me...

And the Living Rock Caverns were designed to train fishing in. You're only making excuses not to train a skill repetitively and I hope you remember that you're playing an MMORPG; there is going to be a little bit of time necessary to complete the game. Try not to be so negative :thumbup:

Why do you assume all players that have skills in the 80s and 90s used grinding to get there? I know it's not true for my account.

Pound for pound marijuana is actually more harmful to your lungs than cigarettes. The difference is that nobody smokes 20 joints a day. Both of those statements are very false haha.

Apparently NWA did a great job of marketing their product to you if you're under the impression that they are anywhere near a representation of a "gangsta". Dre wasn't hard until he joined NWA haha. I get what you're going for though, dealers thrive in prohibition. Take it off the corners, regulate, and tax the hell out of it :thumbup:

The game didn't change as much as you did :)

It's not so much the money that's an issue. I.E., I don't see why someone would want to stay working as a fry-cook for the rest of their life, instead of having a bit of career ambition, working up the ladder and eventually owning and managing a restaurant of their own. I think what you are thinking of is called a "loser". A loser is not the same as a person who smokes marijuana. Do these people look like losers to you? They smoke or have smoked regularly and seem to be doing well. What you are insinuating is that all marijuana smokers are losers (by staying fry cooks all their lives) and that is very unfair. There are plenty of successful people that smoke weed. If you don't like it, good for you. It's not for you and you know it. I'm not trying to say, nor should anyone for that matter, that everyone needs to smoke weed. What I do is my choice and no matter how much anti-weed rhetoric I hear, none of it will ever convince me or any other educated marijuana smoker otherwise unless it has credible, scientific proof; of which none has ever been found. Everything else is speculation at best.

I wasn't aware that being content with mediocrity was ever advantageous to anyone. It isn't. That's why it's a disadvantage. It means you stay a bum the rest of your life Not when don't make money the focal point of your life. You should try it sometime, it helps things. Sure money is important, but you can get by with not much at all if you don't buy into consumerism :)