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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 :)

Nope, not in MN and WI at least. And I've smoked with all sorts of different of people. Even my parents call them joints and did when they were kids too.

I'm starting to finally see my parents start to age and it's an odd thing for me. Finally I will be able to kick my Dad's ass (although probably not for another 10 years).

A glass of red wine every day has time and time again shown to have numerous health benefits. A joint every day will destroy your lungs. It's also illegal to be intoxicated. A few beers won't make an average person intoxicated, the same cannot be said for one joint. A joint will damage lungs just about as much as a cigarette will, but cigarettes are perfectly legal. Also, a joint now and then has just as many health benefits as red wine. Most people, at least where I'm from, consider a joint to only contain marijuana. No tobacco. I know, it's technically not a "joint", then, but that's just what we call it.

Almost all colonists were loyalists, but when the taxation being imposed on you is to pay for something that is not directly affecting you (Britain's wars against France), then it becomes an unfair tax. Even up to the first battle, the colonists remained loyalists. They only wanted fair laws and representation.

Sometimes I don't understand the intolerance and outright douche-baggery by some people when in all likelihood they are okay with alcohol consumption. It's okay, though. California votes to legalize in November and once that passes it's going to domino and then.... :shades:

Good, so can all the crackies stop saying it has to matter and I'll stop being the assuming [wagon]. To us it really does matter, so just be careful if you insult it :)

The human brain is capable of many abstract thoughts that our sober, conscious brains do not think. It is a matter of choice whether or not you want to open the "doors of perception" in your mind, as Huxley puts it (although to be fair, he was referring to Peyote, which would open many more doors than marijuana). Whether you choose to respect these thoughts, views, concepts--whatever you want to call them-- as worthy is a personal choice. Some find meaning, others don't.

I don't have time to find a link, but I believe the tie between schizophrenia and marijuana use is people that are predisposed to schizophrenia and smoke at a young age can develop it much sooner in life. If I remember right...

I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but I thought the first article was very hard to read. The style drew me away from the subject of the article and the grammar was borderline poor at times.

I could go on a stoner-esque soapbox on why weed is my drug of choice, but I'll save it. I enjoy using it and I don't plan on stopping for a very long time. Everyone needs a break from reality once in awhile. I choose to use weed. You may choose racquetball. It's all the same to me.

Because I can definitely type up an argument with hours of research on the bus? I will find some research, I just don't have the time at this moment in time And I will be patiently awaiting your reply :)

Having class is not excuse for having an unsupported argument. I take a full load of credits at a university just the same as you do.

How could YOU possibly be the judge on something like that? That is a boldface assumption based on no facts. That is perfectly natural. You know what isn't natural? The concept of industrial farms that raise millions of animals for the sole purpose of slaughtering them. (Again, I will reiterate: I do not have a problem with local, family owned farms or any of the meat that comes from those farms. I grew up in a rural farming community in Wisconsin, so please do not make the mistake of assuming that I am some city slicker who has never seen a cow before) Okay so maybe it wasn't out of context, now it's just irrelevant. Vegetarians make a conscious choice to not eat meat and I would venture to say that all of us are well aware of the monetary consequences that come along with it. To me, it isn't about the price and I think it's safe to assume most other vegetarians feel the same way. (correct me if I am wrong) I'm not getting emotional about anything. Nothing you say has been backed up by any sort of stats, figures, facts, links (now I know these aren't everything in an argument, but they bring credibility to what you say) and frankly, I'm sick of arguing with a brick wall. It seems that even when presented with glaring evidence to the contrary, you will not falter.

I don't feel like breaking down your argument and addressing things individually, so forgive me, someone else will probably do it. But what I did find at least slightly amusing was the fact that you said this: And then to close out your bulletproof argument you said this: It seems like you're implying that farm animals are somehow less human than we are and, in fact, do not have the right to life over my sister or my dog. Yet in the first quote, you are clearly invoking the right to life argument, claiming that vegetarians are the ones that are immoral. Your supposed "facts" are very contradictory, no? Stop playing the Devil's Advocate or stop trolling. Either way, you aren't very good at it. EDIT: Firstly, I would like you to know that I will eat meat butchered on a local, family farm or from a local meat market. Your "quote" is extremely out of context. The prices that are being compared are NOT what it costs to produce the product, only what it costs to buy it from the store. Huge difference there, and some of us are very prepared to pay more for food that is organic. I like to shop at co-ops occasionally (only because they are VERY pricy), and that's two birds with one stone. Local and organic.

You make a clear distinction between the meat-eaters who've offended you and those who haven't, yet this sentence is aimed at every meat-eater. And you really wonder why people bring up the "holier than thou" thing? For the most part, that statement is true (even if a bit bitter). Although I might take out the "living longer" portion because that's very subjective and has many other factors aside from diet.

You can never understand the world of teaching unless you're thrown in it and do it yourself. I've been teaching a high school drumline for 3 years now and it is the most rewarding experience I've ever had. You learn a lot about what you're teaching and yourself in the process. Everyone on this thread is going to say something different when it comes to qualities they like to see in teachers, and all of those make a good teacher! Teachers should be able to adapt to whatever their students need, no matter the situation. And it should be someone who actually cares about their students, not just the paycheck and the power trip :shades: