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Guy shoots his own laptop. Doesn't matter the reason, he's perfectly legal.

When I was about 15 years old, I was a bit obsessed with my IQ, looking for as many tests and any and every way I could validate myself. Later I came to realize that's just a number, and it really meant nothing to anyone. About that same time, I started making friends with people that were sharper than me, and to hear a few of them brag about themselves made me realize what I dipshit I'd been.

...and a Bronze Crossbow! Subscribe now, or miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime chance to get your very own Bronze Crossbow! I was offered an Addy Crossbow... I think I'm going to ignore this new "content".

Could just as easily be complaining about JaGEx going back on their word, or hypocrisy.

Yeah, but I don't want to get 87 mining... 86 was hard enough.

Bleh, I'm at 1264 right now, ~90kxp until 99 strength. I think I want to make that my 1300th level, and I don't want to up my combat level until I get 99 strength. *wonders what to grind* :mrgreen:

Video ads while hopping worlds (and you're locked out of the game anyway) don't bother me. In fact, I'd love it if Jamflex got more money from my game play. I'd just wish they'd advertise their game elsewhere, get more noobs in F2P.

Nerd. Jk. Well done, makes me jelly.

Where are those graphs located at? *Ahem* http://open.tip.it/high-score-stats

Would apply, but I'm just not that active in the RS side of things... We'll see how busy I am in a year though. :wink: Good luck all.

I agree, but the alternative to the death penalty is not "let them kill again," it's keeping them in prison until they don't have a pulse.

The death penalty is cruel, and should never be used as a form of punishment.

One sec, lemme see.... "I know how to raise your kids better than you." Got it. From your next sentence, and about a dozen other posts, that's where I got it. Cool story. Anyhow, have fun debating yourself.

You don't think parents should teach their children about their beliefs. I think that makes you arrogant ("I know what's better for your kid than you do"). You also think all religion everywhere is detrimental to the world, and that if everyone accepted your "enlightened" view, the world would be a better place. Quite frankly, you're intolerant, and a bigot. But whatever, I don't care if you want to be closed minded. I'm not going to waste my time arguing with a brick wall.

Means your position is not only intolerant, but also arrogant.

If it doesn't harm others or infringe on other peoples rights, and its not harming you in a way that is going to cost other people money, I generally don't see the harm. Practicing religion goes beyond the miracles and parables of the purported Jesus of Nazareth. It extends to who the adherents should trust, which groups to distrust and ostracize, which political alignment adherents should adopt, which laws should be passed, which parts of the educational curriculum to alter or remove, etc. It's these actions, influenced primarily by religious teachings, that are harmful to not only those outside the clique of religious following, but to themselves too. It may not be realised, but it limits their own happiness and thus it becomes a compromise of religiously derived happiness with happiness from wellbeing and general satisfaction. It does infringe on other people's rights, in many cases. It infringes privacy rights to knock on doors to proselytize those who don't want to. It infringes educational rights to remove sciences from the school curriculum. It infringes our rights when public prayers are held. I see problems even by replacing genuine generosity with generosity in fear of a God, to do so only to appease an 'almighty' being. If practicing religion were like believing in Santa, leprechauns or any other frivolous fairy-tale, then I'd have little contempt for it. The startling truth is, it's weaved into almost every aspect of society where there's no escape from it, and its harmful to not only individuals, but society in a multitude of ways. It's morally impermissible to knowingly allow this to continue, yet it does. Why? tldr; Skeptic knows better for parents and their children than they do.

I gave each of my younger sisters boxes of chocolates. I'll probably clean my room today.

Brainwashing implies they've already formed an opinion about something, and you're forcibly changing it.

What are you, high? Did you even read his post? His point was that we force certain beliefs and practices on our children, because we believe they're for the best. Religion is no different. What would you do if your child decided he didn't want to learn English? Would you tell him it was okay, and that he didn't have to? I doubt it. Teaching someone to read a language that will help you every day of your life is not on the same level as making them learn about your religion. Should I ever have kids, I don't care what language they can read. As long as they understand some form of spoken language. I'd be irritated that I couldn't text them, or that they would have massive hurdles to overcome in society, but it's not like I would even consider forcing them to read in any particular language. Besides, my dad can't even check his messages on his phone or use a computer by himself. So is teaching a child about evolution indoctrination? How about teaching them about Plato, Adam Smith, Art Laffer, Karl Marx's ideas? What about human development and sexuality? Or the political process... is taking your kid to an OWS rally indoctrination? What about a Tea party event? The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Can we even touch the second amendment? What about global warming? Environmentalism? Is that indoctrination? Hell, it's all education. It'll help them in real life, right? Why is one subject taboo and another not?

[hide] Yeah! And why do we have parents forcing their kids to do homework! Reading and Math, ugh. And schools that force their students to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day! The nerve of some people! [/hide] On the topic of "indoctrination": Parents generally have their children's best interests at heart. While you or I may disagree with what they're teaching or their methods of teaching, it isn't our place to judge, and just short of abuse or neglect, we shouldn't try and get involved.

Yeah! And why do we have parents forcing their kids to do homework! Reading and Math, ugh. And schools that force their students to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day! The nerve of some people!

Can we add a "year" or "all" graph, which shows more than a month of data? :mrgreen:

Stronghold of Security is always highly recommended for melee training. Moss giants as well, and probably hill giants now that the bots are gone. I did ice giants for range training, usually worlds are empty and once they become unaggressive you can stay there for hours. As far as wood cutting, Draynor is always recommended if you want to bank. If you want to burn, head further south-west. Forget the name, but its near the entrance to ice giants.

That count is the number of days away from the White House. Its unrealistic to think that Bush did nothing each or any of those days, most of them were to his ranch in Texas, where his staff would go too.

Bush won a lot of popularity because he talked like "one of them", the common man and woman. You're not seriously blaming anyone for holding double standards when they're promoting an image Bush himself wanted, are you? I'm certain Bush loved being called an idiot. :rolleyes: It's not that leaders occasionally make gaffes that I care about, it's how the media and others treat it afterwards. Last comparison between Bush and Obama. There was media outrage when Bush played 24 rounds of golf in his first three years as President (he never played after that). Obama has played 90 or more.