Cacmypants

but that's the exact attitude not to have, lol. So you think shoving our **** up planet Earth's arse is all good because it will all be gone in another 6 billion years? Humanity has the potential to expand far beyond the solar system. Wrecking up our first home will not bode well. We need to set a proper example for future generations otherwise nothing is going to happen (like you said). Why should I care about something I'll never see? Nice trolling :thumbup:

That's indie/hipsterism for you. I despise it: popular bands are popular because they're crap, not crap because they're popular. [hide][/hide] Indeed, the problem is that most mainstream music now'days is puke-worthy. I love mainstream from the 60-80s. Before the days of freaking autotune. What an abomination. The reason you get people who have an irrational hatred for the mainstream is because they don't want to be associated with the masses they so passionately despise. It doesn't help that much of the mainstream now is utterly devoid of creativity. Obscure artists tend to be very experimental. Personally, I'm always hard-pressed to attain any inspiration whatsoever from listening to mainstream, whereas underground is a bloody goldmine.

but that's the exact attitude not to have, lol. So you think shoving our **** up planet Earth's arse is all good because it will all be gone in another 6 billion years? Humanity has the potential to expand far beyond the solar system. Wrecking up our first home will not bode well. We need to set a proper example for future generations otherwise nothing is going to happen (like you said).

Besides the fact that everything wrong with nature today is directly related to our little shenanigans concerning the economy. Humanity has long since become the should-be custodians of planet earth, yet we insist on being the contrary. It's true that we're part of nature in the sense that we can't survive without an at least tolerable ecosystem, but we most certainly have conquered the planet.

Yes, population is the dominant issue here. A stable population coupled with stable economic growth alongside the embracing of new technologies would improve future prospects greatly. Alas all the wrong people are pulling the strings.

Ok, so why don't you do your little part and not provide business to said banks and self-interested corporations? I don't :P a least not directly Tbh, I'm waiting for everything to implode, indefinite economic growth is not as sustainable as some people think and that's what it's all about now'days. CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME. Of course nature has no economic value. What is nature? That's not a commodity. Move over nature, let me drain your blood, your blood is a commodity. I'm really not sure what you are trying to get across, it's as if you're posting from 2005. The global economy just came out of a recession caused by that mindset, and it's now been rejected by the public, governments and businesses worldwide. Economic growth is cyclical, so the best course of action is to minimise the effect of recession and thus accept it as a fact of life instead of ignoring it and suffering the consequences. Seriously, what's with the pessimism people? You really think things have changed? The economy is still out of control as ever. Look at the American dollar, it continues to weaken, now it's worth less than the Australian dollar. The only reason it seems like we've broken out of this crisis is because governments and reserve banks have created so much money out of freaking thin air. You can't fix debt with more debt, it's so bloody stupid. There is no doubt that making business decisions based on achieveing upward economic growth (with the current model) does more harm than good. People say growth is a good thing because it creates new jobs; Too bad these opportunities can't be taken up by the lowest common denominator since governments barely provide the faculties for them to do so. Even then, for what? So they can be exploited like all the other workers? Economic growth leads to higher incomes... sure, though disproportionally comparing the rich to the poor, the poor might actually lose wealth/income lacking the ability to keep up with inflation. What about economic growth improving public services? In theory. Like hell it does in practice. We have a system that in bent on stretching inequality both within populations and between nations. It is not a good thing, I'm not going to lie to myself.

Ok, so why don't you do your little part and not provide business to said banks and self-interested corporations? I don't :P a least not directly Tbh, I'm waiting for everything to implode, indefinite economic growth is not as sustainable as some people think and that's what it's all about now'days. CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME. Of course nature has no economic value. What is nature? That's not a commodity. Move over nature, let me drain your blood, your blood is a commodity.

The problem with making battles last longer is that you get more runners. derp obvious *looks at f2p*.

Ok, now you're just teasing. My job is to simply spread awareness. You can't do much else until that is achieved. Then build up from there with attempts to implement smaller changes. It's pretty basic stuff. The main problem is how we've come to associate monetary wealth with authority and power which makes the notion true. Self-interested corporations and banks have the world's governments by the balls, these are pretty big obstacles to tackle on a global level.

There are plenty of people exactly like me. Like I said, what the hell can you do? If you try to speak out in the general public, you're labelled as some sort of boogeyman political extremeist. If you flat out reject the system you either die, get incarcerated, or exiled from society. A rational human mind can't help but be a hypocrite in this instance. Does recognising a problem automatically mean you should have nothing to do with it?

Pretty much, I don't like what humanity has done to itself and I'm reluctant to be a part of it, but like most people I'm not exactly prepared for 100% social isolation (despite being such a hermit already). It's the only other option really, aside from getting your head blown off for being too radical.

lolwut I second this

There is no form of government that can work well in the context of this day and age. Capitalism, just like communism, is another way to farm humans (with the semi-illusion of social mobility/freedom). Historically we've allowed the higher-ups to stray too far down the path of self-interest. All political and economic decisions are made with the past serving as the prime reference. So in other words, if our past decisions have been compoundly screwed up by this process, how can we hope to fix the future? The only way is to abandon all of our traditions/institutions and start fresh, but this will never happen. Why? Because they have the freaking guns.

These animals have no control over their fate, they're headed for the slaughterhouse from the moment they're born... and the image of baby chickens being passed along a conveyor belt is just monstrous. Although there won't be much reason to be a vegetarian once we can properly grow pure meat fibres from a few cells. btw, civilization was built on agriculture and slavery. Notice how much of the 'savage' races around the world only ever had elements of one, but not both.

You'll find the monetary system is the institution that's screwing us over. Yet we're too ingrained into this bogus paradigm to do anything about it.

Now I want... some pudding... GIGA pudding!! EDIT: fff, this is a /b/ phenomena isn't it? The cancer already killed off what they used to be, lol.

I don't get it. Is it like a energy grain bar turned cereal? [hide=But this is a real man's breakfast]Raw and everything. [/hide] touche

without milk = breakfast for men

Everything about the economy and the state of today's market society (no pun intended). We're all screwed D:

Can you not stack rapid renewal with a regen brace and dream for like x20 restore rate?

The Psionic Striker 23% Strength, 35% Bloodlust, 31% Intelligence, 27% Spirit, 42% Vitality and 27% Agility! Instead of using magic to manipulate the elements and the world around them, Psionic Strikers will use their mind and mental energy. By focus their mind, Psionic Strikers can use telekinesis to lift objects and even unleash powerful blasts and shields of mental energy. As masters of martial arts, Psionic Strikers can even use their telekinesis to increase the physical power of their punches and kicks or they can use it to levitate. Against weaker opponents, Psionic Strikers may use their powers to mentally shatter a person's neck or spine. By using their telepathy, Psionic Strikers can read their opponent's minds, and thus more easily predict their next move in battle. This makes them extremely difficult to counter because they always know what you are going to do next. Their telepathy can even be used to speak into another person's mind and plant thoughts and ideas there. They can use this power to manipulate and control their opponents, thus allowing them to turn any battle in their favor. Psionic Strikers often have a passion for death and battle, and some have mastered forms of dark magic. By fusing this dark magic with their psychic energy, Psionic Strikers can create and unleash devasting blasts of powerful energy from their mind and fists. With their mastery over moon magic, Psionic Strikers can enhance their powers by transforming at night into various wild and ferocious beast-human hybrids. Congratulations on reaching this frighteningly powerful class! That sounds about right XD [hide=yeah, it was pretty easy to manipulate, just change the variables in the URL] The Seraphic Assailant 100% Strength, 100% Bloodlust, 100% Intelligence, 100% Spirit, 100% Vitality and 100% Agility! The Seraphic Assailant is the only class that has completely mastered the art of offensive light magic. Using this proficiency, Seraphic Assailants can create lances and swords out of pure light energy. These powerful weapons are devastatingly swift and can pierce through even the toughest armor. Defensively, the Seraphic Assailant is much less adept at using light magic; however, they are still able to create weak shields and use basic healing magic. In addition, they can use their light to make some powerful and stunning illusions. Their greatest defensive asset is their ability to transform themselves into pure light energy. By doing this, they can avoid any damage and travel at speeds greater than any human can imagine. The only downside is that when they are in this form, they cannot engage in any sort of physical assault. Even without magic, Seraphic Assailants are some of the most powerful warriors in the world. As a master of weapons and martial arts, Seraphic Assailants are almost impossible to best in combat. On top of that, they can combine their light magic with their physical abilities to overpower even the most ferocious giants, monsters, and opponents. Although Seraphic Assailants have such incredible power, they hardly ever use it. Instead, they believe it's wiser to fight and use their strength only when absolutely necessary. Seraphic Assailants fight solely for the side of light and are arguable the purest, wisest, and most just of all warriors. Congratulations on reaching this powerful and sagacious class! This is a secret class and requires a very high amount of Angelic Luminosity. You scored 100% on this variable! There's also havoc fiend, chaos ranger and combustion maven: [/hide]

Why are we arguing so much about this?

EDIT: This should explain the boots... "The update on 24 June 2010 introduced a large amount of coins into the game, as players could sell or alchemise the new "rock climbing boots" for 45,000 coins, when previously (before the update), they had been purchased as "Climbing boots" for just 12 coins each. All regular climbing boots in players' banks were converted to rock climbing boots, giving these players an unexpected large profit. Many players on the RuneScape forums believed that these players were granted wealth they did not deserve, and called for a rollback; this did not occur. Mod Emilee responded with a thread giving statistics of 55% of the people had one/zero pair of boots before the update, 99% had fewer than 50 pairs of boots. Mod Mark said the highest number of boots that a person has is 1.8k. " -rswiki

Are you serious? I dont mind people having there own point of view, but blindly supporting jagex irregardless of there stance on the matter is stupid in the extreme. Payed off? hehe

I'm sure the people you are trying to convince would be overwhelmed by this thread anyway. Though everything stated was spot-on. Personally, I just laugh at anyone who calls me a safer, etc.