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I absolutely HAVE to have things the right way in my pockets: Front right--Cell Phone, Burt's Bees, and any other small, pocketable items I could be carrying at any time Front left--Keys ONLY Back right--Wallet Back left--Nothing ever

I could list a whole boatload of great movies that make you think, but if I had to pick one it would easily be Do the Right Thing. It is the one movie I believe everyone should see.

Are you really asking that question on a forum like this? There was a massive (and maybe still is) Zombie Apocalypse thread on OT. I smell some bait....who's gonna take it?

Today, I turn 21. Tomorrow morning it's kegs and eggs :)

Here's a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise that I've always enjoyed. "Don't let yourself feel worthless; often through life you will really be at your worst when you seem to think best of yourself; and don't worry about losing your 'personality' as you persist in calling it; at 15 you had the radiance of early morning, at 20 you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon, and when you are my age you will give out, as I do, the genial golden warmth of 4 P.M" You can have a fresh start whenever you like, that's the beauty of life and free-will. You only have to choose to do so.

Clearly you do not understand the addiction of drugs like crack/meth/heroin. If you did, you would not be making the comparison to video games, gambling, and pot. Yes, those activities are habituating but they do NOT cause addiction on the level of hard drugs. I doubt you have ever been truly addicted to anything in your life judging by the statements you make. That being said, I am an advocate for usage of drugs as a means of relaxation, meditation, or recreation and if you can handle your high, by all means go for it, but I am also realistic at the same time. Sure, there would be people that would use dispensaries for what you are claiming their purpose would be, but for those that are severely addicted, people who's entire being is consumed by their need to use drugs, it would be a huge failure. "Guns, pills, nicotine, alcohol, lottery, and pornography" are all very affordable items. Do you know what the street price is for hard drugs? Hell, even pot is worth more than gold ounce for ounce, but I doubt you considered any of those factors when you made your argument. I know that the street price would not be the same as the dispensary price, but if you look at the price of pot on the street and in a dispensary, they are still comparable. I would like to think any other drug would be the same. And yes, that is an assumption. Our posts are quickly de-railing this topic so unless they can be tied into a discussion on Four Lokos, I will be quietly exiting stage-left.

You're ignoring the fact that those drugs are addictive and that an addict will stop at nothing to get his or her fix. You'd have to be off your rocker to say that a crack/meth/heroine dispensary would ever be able to operate safely.

I agree. I think the idea of throwing people in prison for the mere possession of drugs is quite silly. Not really. Meth/crack/heroine (as used as an example by No_99) are all extremely addictive, leading users to give up everything in their lives for a drug habit. We could debate endlessly on whether or not the accomplishments that are deemed positive by society are worthwhile or not. Which would lead to the point that a drug habit is not good or bad, it only is. What we cannot deny, though, is the damage caused by drug trafficking. The marijuana drug market is a child's play area compared to the hard drug market, especially when you go higher up the chain (no pun intended). Massive amounts of cash and loads of weapons to protect their investments. And remember, most of these drug lords are users themselves (Tweeking with a weapon? Yikes.) So to sum it up...the individual user may not always be causing harm to others, but it is impossible to deny that the trafficking of those drugs does. Since those drugs remain illegal and never will become legal, it is not "silly" to put them in prison.

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.