Are these the same "rational people" that work 120 hour weeks programming for a big business, and refuse to unionize? If so, I know a lot of these rational people, and I can tell you that they're clearly insane.
On the subject though, I know a lot of people who have concealed carry permits - in new york city, no less - and they're pretty normal people. Two of them are cops, one of them is an ex-cop, three of them are hunters, and a few of them just happen to love guns.
They've all had their permits for at least the past 10 years, have a loving family, and have never killed anyone. In fact, the three people (two guys, one gal, for the record) that have firearms only because they love them usually keep the firing mechanism separate from the rest of the guns, which are usually on display in a glass case.
So, these gun nuts seem fairly rational to me.
Of the three that are/were cops, they've all had their lives threatened in some way. i.e. "when I get out of jail I'll kill you" so I can see them having a carry permit based entirely around self defense (and not that "because I'm a cop, hurdurkdurk" bullshit excuse).
Of course, that's in a big city, where a madman running around with a gun can easily rake up a death toll in the hundreds just by looking down a busy street and opening fire... and they've never had the urge to do that. That seems pretty rational to me.
Maybe you're talking about some sort of irrational backwoods person? Well if that's the case, I can attest that people who live out in the country tend to need those rifles. Working on a goat farm, I saw first hand how much carnage one lone coyote can do, and how much money (percentage of family income, not raw numbers) can be lost if there's just one attack in a month. So owning a few rifles so the family can wake up and hunt the coyote that's literally eating your livelihood doesn't really seem all that irrational.
Maybe you're talking about the same people who have concealed carry permits in small towns? Well, some small towns have the highest burglary/murder rate in the country, so that would have to be evaluated on a case by case basis. Living in a town like, say, Flint, MI, for example, one would probably want to carry a weapon with them.
Maybe you're talking about the inner-city kid who grew up around gang violence, lived long enough to see his brothers killed in a drive by, his sisters raped or impregnated by deadbeats, his mom killed in a break in, and his dad arrested for killing strangers? Hell, if I was that kid my rational mind would tell me to carry a firearm with me at all times.
So, are the irrational people the ones who take their dates to a firing range, rent two rifles, and shoot targets for a couple of hours? Hell, every date I've taken to a firing range has said they loved the experience, some of them even considered it a turn on.
Hmm...
No, I'm pretty sure most people that have guns can rationalize their position fairly easily. I'm fairly certain that "rational people" own a large percentage of the firearms in the United States.
Maybe it's just my western tastes, but Final Fantasy is dead to me. VI and VII were OK in my mind, but not nearly as great as some people claim.
XII caused reviewers to gush all over themselves and suck SE's cock like a bunch of little whores. Like a moron, I gave in and bought the game. What a mistake.
First, I do not, for the life of me, understand why the Japanese have such an affection for storybook games. It's like being read a book by horrible voice actors.
Second the whole stop and go of XII drives me nuts. Stop here, listen to 20 minutes of dialog, go here, fight this, stop here, listen to 20 minutes of dialog, etc... It's repetitive, predictable, and just downright boring. Why can't the story be a part of the game play? Instead, it's a "reward" for killing difficult monsters. Believe me, the way some of these stories are written, I couldn't give a shit about it.
Third, uber-power is boring. By the time I'm halfway through one of these games, I'm tearing my way through left and right, eliminating almost any strategy these monsters were supposed to force me to create.
Fourth, why the fuck does SE continue to put in these annoying fucking mini-games into FF? In XII you, at one point, have to go around and talk to everyone in order to advance. Why? why is this shit in a game? Spreading gossip is not interactive game play - it's fucking annoying.
Finally, the guys at SE have no imagination. I mean, none. Can we get something other than flying continents, underground cities, and someone trying to take over the known universe?
I'm not asking for an open world, or even changing the core game play mechanics (although, in the long run, I think FF would be better serves by dropping the walk-story-fight-story cycle) but something else needs to be done to this franchise before I'll ever buy into the hype again.
Shit, give me mutated squirrels that are trying to destroy a village. Even if they just change the goddamn story from "evil guy (and it's always a guy) from evil entity X wants more power to take over the known world" to "a group of misfit elephants has decided to stage a protest, disrupting your supply of elephant leg lamps, forcing you to find an alternate supply chain"
I'm sick and fucking tired of this bullshit. These companies should not exist. They have no inherit right to exist.
Time and time again they've shown that they are not capable of adapting to new circumstances - like GM advertising 15MPG SUVs when the price of gas was nearing $5/gallon here in NYC. Adapt or die.
3 Million workers out of a job? So fucking what? What about the 7 million people already on unemployment? How about the millions more on welfare?
Saving these companies - especially these cocksucking executives that run companies into the ground and get huge fucking paydays for it - should bt he least of our priorities.
But what do I matter? Government, politics, and the economy is nothing more than a rich mans game. Fuck 'em all.
I hope that when the poor of this country finally do something about the bullshit the rich pull on them every day, that I get to watch the carnage on TV, masturbating the whole time as the rich soccer moms of the world get raped, tortured, and eventually slaughtered like the animals they truly are.
You're either reading too much into my statement, or you're a fucking moron.
I don't really understand where you think I'm executing illegal U-turns, speeding, or fishtailing other people because they run red lights. I've never stated that I did any such things, in fact I'm outright denying it right now.
But, hey, you seem to think the statement "when cops start obeying the law, so will I" is a statement of fact. If that was the case, I would've killed a few cops with a taser by now.
Just for reference - since you seem to be unable to think beyond statements - I have not, and have no desire to kill people.
Consider the crap that the beat cops pull on a daily basis around here, no I'm not.
Pulling a U-turn when a sign clearly states otherwise, flicking your lights so you can go through a red light - then turning them off and parking at a diner for your break.
Cops here also have a bad habit of just grabbing people and their objects with no regard for the law. This has happened to me twice. The first time I explained to the cop that if he didn't release me I would be more than happy to defend myself - which got me arrested, but subsequently released - and the second time I reminded the office that I find the rough grabbing of my arms to be an aggressive act - he backed off.
I've also witnessed a cruiser fishtail a vehicle in the middle of the night, without pursuing him. No lights, no siren, nothing. The guy ran a red light, and the cop fishtailed him, THEN put his siren on. The guy in the car was arrested for failure to stop, failure to comply, and some other things. He was shocked - SHOCKED - when I showed up with a video of the event at court on behalf of the defendant.
The city dropped the case and last I heard the man is pursuing civil action.
This shit happens a lot more than is reported. Quite frankly, I think most cops need to be purged from their respective authority systems and shipped to clown college.
so, yes, when cops start obeying the law, so will I. Until then, fuck them.
I've owned several D-Link routers, either through no fault of my own or pressed for time and had to buy it. In all of the years I've had to deal with them, I've learned this:
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Ah, if only Slashdot had nested this comment correction. ;_;
It's not an excuse for her mental shortcoming, it's an example of.
Heil.
oprah.
I'm fairly certain the examples I provided you were very good examples of very capable, sane, and rational minds at work.
And if you don't see the benefit of turning women on just by spending $25 and two hours, I cannot help you.
I'm still at a loss for why that borderline suicidal person shouldn't just go and kill himself.
If you really feel like you're THAT worthless, DO IT. Just make sure to get it on webcam so the *chans can have a laugh.
Are these the same "rational people" that work 120 hour weeks programming for a big business, and refuse to unionize? If so, I know a lot of these rational people, and I can tell you that they're clearly insane.
On the subject though, I know a lot of people who have concealed carry permits - in new york city, no less - and they're pretty normal people. Two of them are cops, one of them is an ex-cop, three of them are hunters, and a few of them just happen to love guns.
They've all had their permits for at least the past 10 years, have a loving family, and have never killed anyone. In fact, the three people (two guys, one gal, for the record) that have firearms only because they love them usually keep the firing mechanism separate from the rest of the guns, which are usually on display in a glass case.
So, these gun nuts seem fairly rational to me.
Of the three that are/were cops, they've all had their lives threatened in some way. i.e. "when I get out of jail I'll kill you" so I can see them having a carry permit based entirely around self defense (and not that "because I'm a cop, hurdurkdurk" bullshit excuse).
Of course, that's in a big city, where a madman running around with a gun can easily rake up a death toll in the hundreds just by looking down a busy street and opening fire ... and they've never had the urge to do that. That seems pretty rational to me.
Maybe you're talking about some sort of irrational backwoods person? Well if that's the case, I can attest that people who live out in the country tend to need those rifles. Working on a goat farm, I saw first hand how much carnage one lone coyote can do, and how much money (percentage of family income, not raw numbers) can be lost if there's just one attack in a month. So owning a few rifles so the family can wake up and hunt the coyote that's literally eating your livelihood doesn't really seem all that irrational.
Maybe you're talking about the same people who have concealed carry permits in small towns? Well, some small towns have the highest burglary/murder rate in the country, so that would have to be evaluated on a case by case basis. Living in a town like, say, Flint, MI, for example, one would probably want to carry a weapon with them.
Maybe you're talking about the inner-city kid who grew up around gang violence, lived long enough to see his brothers killed in a drive by, his sisters raped or impregnated by deadbeats, his mom killed in a break in, and his dad arrested for killing strangers? Hell, if I was that kid my rational mind would tell me to carry a firearm with me at all times.
So, are the irrational people the ones who take their dates to a firing range, rent two rifles, and shoot targets for a couple of hours? Hell, every date I've taken to a firing range has said they loved the experience, some of them even considered it a turn on.
Hmm ...
No, I'm pretty sure most people that have guns can rationalize their position fairly easily. I'm fairly certain that "rational people" own a large percentage of the firearms in the United States.
or worst?
The dude's a fucking sausage, eh? Let's throw him on the electric chair and see how he tastes!
Maybe it's just my western tastes, but Final Fantasy is dead to me. VI and VII were OK in my mind, but not nearly as great as some people claim.
XII caused reviewers to gush all over themselves and suck SE's cock like a bunch of little whores. Like a moron, I gave in and bought the game. What a mistake.
First, I do not, for the life of me, understand why the Japanese have such an affection for storybook games. It's like being read a book by horrible voice actors.
Second the whole stop and go of XII drives me nuts. Stop here, listen to 20 minutes of dialog, go here, fight this, stop here, listen to 20 minutes of dialog, etc... It's repetitive, predictable, and just downright boring. Why can't the story be a part of the game play? Instead, it's a "reward" for killing difficult monsters. Believe me, the way some of these stories are written, I couldn't give a shit about it.
Third, uber-power is boring. By the time I'm halfway through one of these games, I'm tearing my way through left and right, eliminating almost any strategy these monsters were supposed to force me to create.
Fourth, why the fuck does SE continue to put in these annoying fucking mini-games into FF? In XII you, at one point, have to go around and talk to everyone in order to advance. Why? why is this shit in a game? Spreading gossip is not interactive game play - it's fucking annoying.
Finally, the guys at SE have no imagination. I mean, none. Can we get something other than flying continents, underground cities, and someone trying to take over the known universe?
I'm not asking for an open world, or even changing the core game play mechanics (although, in the long run, I think FF would be better serves by dropping the walk-story-fight-story cycle) but something else needs to be done to this franchise before I'll ever buy into the hype again.
Shit, give me mutated squirrels that are trying to destroy a village. Even if they just change the goddamn story from "evil guy (and it's always a guy) from evil entity X wants more power to take over the known world" to "a group of misfit elephants has decided to stage a protest, disrupting your supply of elephant leg lamps, forcing you to find an alternate supply chain"
I've read this at least 3 times and I have no idea what the fuck you said.
What ISP isn't batshit insane in the US?
A typical IPv6 address in dotted notation looks like:
128.91.45.157.220.40.0.0.0.0.252.87.212.200.31.255
So ... yeah, it's not that much better.
Lose 20 channels, tell people who bitch to use torrents, impose strict bandwidth caps, then charge out the ass for going over the limit.
It's a perfect circle.
Beer Eats Emulations Remains?
I love you.
I'm sick and fucking tired of this bullshit. These companies should not exist. They have no inherit right to exist.
Time and time again they've shown that they are not capable of adapting to new circumstances - like GM advertising 15MPG SUVs when the price of gas was nearing $5/gallon here in NYC. Adapt or die.
3 Million workers out of a job? So fucking what? What about the 7 million people already on unemployment? How about the millions more on welfare?
Saving these companies - especially these cocksucking executives that run companies into the ground and get huge fucking paydays for it - should bt he least of our priorities.
But what do I matter? Government, politics, and the economy is nothing more than a rich mans game. Fuck 'em all.
I hope that when the poor of this country finally do something about the bullshit the rich pull on them every day, that I get to watch the carnage on TV, masturbating the whole time as the rich soccer moms of the world get raped, tortured, and eventually slaughtered like the animals they truly are.
Gaming addition? You mean the theory that 100,000 = new life?
nobody cares
Idle pepitotest coffee is science space story.
You're either reading too much into my statement, or you're a fucking moron.
I don't really understand where you think I'm executing illegal U-turns, speeding, or fishtailing other people because they run red lights. I've never stated that I did any such things, in fact I'm outright denying it right now.
But, hey, you seem to think the statement "when cops start obeying the law, so will I" is a statement of fact. If that was the case, I would've killed a few cops with a taser by now.
Just for reference - since you seem to be unable to think beyond statements - I have not, and have no desire to kill people.
Hm ... funny or insightful, insightful or funny ...
Oh fuck I just commented, nevermind.
Consider the crap that the beat cops pull on a daily basis around here, no I'm not.
Pulling a U-turn when a sign clearly states otherwise, flicking your lights so you can go through a red light - then turning them off and parking at a diner for your break.
Cops here also have a bad habit of just grabbing people and their objects with no regard for the law. This has happened to me twice. The first time I explained to the cop that if he didn't release me I would be more than happy to defend myself - which got me arrested, but subsequently released - and the second time I reminded the office that I find the rough grabbing of my arms to be an aggressive act - he backed off.
I've also witnessed a cruiser fishtail a vehicle in the middle of the night, without pursuing him. No lights, no siren, nothing. The guy ran a red light, and the cop fishtailed him, THEN put his siren on. The guy in the car was arrested for failure to stop, failure to comply, and some other things. He was shocked - SHOCKED - when I showed up with a video of the event at court on behalf of the defendant.
The city dropped the case and last I heard the man is pursuing civil action.
This shit happens a lot more than is reported. Quite frankly, I think most cops need to be purged from their respective authority systems and shipped to clown college.
so, yes, when cops start obeying the law, so will I. Until then, fuck them.
When cops start obeying the law, I will.
That loud mouthed good for nothing son of a ...
Oh. Nevermind, carry on.
I've owned several D-Link routers, either through no fault of my own or pressed for time and had to buy it. In all of the years I've had to deal with them, I've learned this:
D-Link is Shit. Buy Linksys.