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WhiskeyDisk posted...

How badly could you possibly need something that costs $2 and change that you'll bend over and spread your anus for $100/yr to get it?

Technically not really $100 a year. The primary account of the Prime account can still add I think three or so other people to the account to benefit from the free/reduced shipping cost. My friend is the primary account holder but its shared between him, his brother, another friends of ours, and myself. I don't know about the others but I give my friend $25 each year for the access. $25 a year for the amount of items I order is worth it in my opinion.

WhiskeyDisk posted...

Quantity isn't quality though.

And quality is purely subjective. One man's trash is another man's treasure. For some folks, $100 a year for the music streaming, movies, and free/reduced shipping is worth it.

Firewood18 posted...

the majority of consumers just don't care and rationalize it that they are getting the best deal.

It's not just the better deals but also the availability of products to choose from and the ease of searching for them. When I go to any retail stores I want to have more than just a handful of brands to choose from or to compare with for any particular product. Unfortunately of course physical stores can only carry so much items so customers are stuck choosing only among what is available when there might be better products out there.

I know some retail stores have websites where one can order directly from but even then their selection is pitiful compared to Amazon. For better or worse, I feel these retail stores jumped on to the online market too late. Is it really Amazon's fault that other retail stores didn't shift their approach to fit the online market when it started to bloom? Many of stores were established well before Amazon exploded. Why didn't these stores take advantage of the online market before Amazon did?

It's kinda like how I see it with Steam nowadays. I know many of folks do not like Steam and/or digital distribution in general but as far as I know no one else really took advantage of the online digital distribution medium as well as they did and now most developers release their products through Steam. For better or worse, some developers are stuck using Steam as medium if they want to get the name of their product out there.

Website navigation and search algorithm is also horrendous on some retail stores website but that's a separate issue.
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I do not. My local CostCo is moving closer to home though so I might get a membership and maybe even their credit card after it moves.
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XianMei posted...

I can't recommend Neverwinter Nights 2's single player campaign enough. It's insanely underrated.

Really? I enjoyed Neverwinter Nights but never the second one (possible due to hardware restrictions). I'll give it a look one of these days.
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I came in expecting a punch line.....
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eating4fun posted...

The most weird, eccentric one that seems most specific to the game I'm playing.

Semi-related...

*Snip*

That was an awesome read. Thank you for sharing. I forgot which game it was, maybe Pillars of Eternity? where you can indirectly have a party of bears via one class that can summon/befriend them.

On another note, I kinda feel compelled to replay Baldur's Gate II again after reading this topic. It was a slow start but once I got it going my thief/mage was nigh unstoppable. Kinda curious how a cleric/mage class would work.
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When co-oping, I like to play the healer/support role so cleric among that list of classes. When soloing, usually mage/fighter.
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Indifferent. Sometimes the title is no more than the name/title of a character/object within the movie.
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DeathMagnetic80 posted...

I stream a lot of music and podcasts during the day, so, kinda need unlimited data for that.

Who is your provider? Most major streaming services (i.e. Spotify, Pandora, etc.) do not count against the data count depending on the provider. I'm with T-Mobile and they've been doing this for the past few years. Hell, apparently my current data plan qualify for T-Mobile Binge On program so I can also watch YouTube or Netflix without it counting against my data limit.
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If my sister and I are financially stable enough to have our mother taken care of at home that would be our first option. Barring that we would resort to a nursing home only in the most extreme cases.
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PMarth2002 posted...

"Congratulations"

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OtakuD50 posted...

your poll options are shit.

And this. I was looking for the option where I am not bothered by it and would offer my congratulations but you felt to leave that out.
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Lobomoon posted...

So what's your favorite energy drink?

None actually. Last time I drank one, my heart rate jumped up within minutes. If I do need a pick-me-upper I'll drink coffee, tea, or do a few squats.
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Are you referring to ISPs or cellphone companies specifically? Also, not everyone will use that amount of data per month so if there's a reduced price to lowering the bandwidth, might as well go for it. Charter right now charges me about $65 a month for either 60 Mbps or 100 Mbps, I forgot. If I can go back down to 30 Mbps and just pay $30-40 a month I'll take that deal but unfortunately they did away with their lower Mbps packages.
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LinkPizza posted...

Golden Road posted...

Does pizza count as fast food or fast casual? None of your examples include pizza, and most pizza places tend to be more akin to fast casual than standard fast food, but none of your example restaurants were pizza, so I'm not sure how you're categorizing it.

I wanted to know that, too. It might be a little higher...

I personally would lump them together. Some places have pizzas slices ready to go already. Hell, Little Caesars Pizza still have their $5 hot-n-ready I think.
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Reposting what I posted on the Politics forum.....

Discounting sports shooting or just shooting for fun, isn't a shotgun/handgun maybe all one needs for self/home defense? We don't exactly live in war-torn country where we might find ourselves needing to defend against heavily armed opponents.

Of course if Red Dawn ever becomes reality, we might find ourselves wanting more than just shotguns or handguns. At the same time, I have doubts the average civilian, even armed, can organize well enough to fight against an organize invading army.

Not that I want to wish harm upon them but I do wonder if Bundy and those standing with him seriously thought they can hold against the U.S. Army if s*** hits the fan. Or maybe I'm underestimating trained civilians with guns or overestimating our military.
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LinkPizza posted...

Wow. I didn't realize so many people barely eat fast food...

It can get kinda pricey compared to making your own meals in bulk or only ordering off the value menu. Discounting the value menu, the average fast food meal combo is at least $5-10 depending on the location. Maybe it's my age but the typical fast food combo, even a small, is maaaybe too much food for me. I can eat that much but I don't need to in order to feel content.

When making your own food in bulk the price per meal can get down to maybe $2-3 I think. Hell, the oatmeal I buy for brunch at work cost about $5-10 per container and can last me 3-4 weeks.
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Maybe 1-3 times a week. Majority of the time that I do go I'll just get something off the value menu for $2-3.
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As a Buddhist I do enjoy the stories and I actually I like how the Supernatural series represented God, Heaven, Hell, etc.
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Kinda depends on location for me. Some Wal-Marts I've been to are well organized and it is easy to find what I need while for some it is a mess. Overall though I usually prefer Target.
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Easy mode as in a "story mode" of sort? Personally I am not against it. Some games have good/decent stories and there's nothing wrong with wanting to plow through the content to get that story. That being said I am curious as to how the Mass Effect 3 story mode was like.
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papercup posted...

-60
+70
-80
+90

He made $20.

I thought you said this would stump me.

I used the same approach as you. I am guessing for some folks they might look at only the first and last values, $60 and $90 and think he made $30. That or they might forget about the initial $10 profit and think he lost $80 buying it again thus thinking he made $10 in the end.
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To be honest, how many folks even pay attention to the design of a bottle when enjoying its content? Hell, Johnnie Walker could store Blue Label in a plastic bottle and so long as it doesn't affect the content, I wouldn't care. I know some folks keep liquor bottles on display almost like a decor but for some, we just care about the content.
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LinkPizza posted...

And why, if you do?

More efficient and less water used but only at home. If it isn't obvious enough I only do so while taking a shower.
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VeeVees posted...

because china will be ruling the world when they grow up.

I sometimes wonder the Firefly series had both English and Mandarin as the primary two language. Business wise I think it makes sense though that Mandarin is an important language.
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If anything I'll be really confuse though I'd admit I had a crush on my second grade teacher.
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Jen0125 posted...

The bottle isn't pink. It's black label and just has a female silhouette instead of a male silhouette. I don't even think it costs more. It's just a special edition bottle for National Women's Month.

Ah, same content, same cost, different container to honor National Women's Month. I see nothing wrong with that. About no different from some stores having holiday version of their cups, bags, etc.

Lobomoon posted...

You know you had too much to drink when the label starts to change gender.

And starts talking to you like the Aunt Jemima Syrup bottles?
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Rule-of-three have betrayed me!
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I've been ordering clothes online more nowadays so I can only assume/hope being from a warehouse that said clothes haven't been tried on by anyone.
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Lokarin posted...

But sometimes, y'know, players should be defeated... too many games expect that a player will win, that's not a fair expectation.

I have a love-hate thing with bosses where you're suppose to lose but the game doesn't make it obvious. I am fairly sure in Final Fantasy III (Famicom) I kept fighting and healing against an early encounter with Bahamut until I realize I was suppose to run away. Granted in this case encountering Bahamut at such a low level shoulda been obvious that I am not suppose to win.
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streamofthesky posted...

Ultimately, Duriel's a "test" of whether you have enough strength for a belt w/ 3 or 4 rows of potion slots or not. That's about it.

Hah! That's a good one.
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Metalsonic66 posted...

The supporting cast is fantastic, I'll agree with that.

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I haven't touched Pillars of Eternity yet but currently I'd say Larian is my favorite RPG developer after playing and really enjoying both Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin 2. I have Torment: Tides of Numenera sitting in my Steam backlog. Have any other fans of Planescape Torment played that yet?
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2-3 times a week and after workouts. I am surprise "everyday" isn't winning. Hell, some folks takes 1-2 showers a day.

EDIT: There we go. I spoke too soon.
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Trancer Hunter posted...

so a week before I bought a gift card with enough to pay for everyone

Interesting approach. Does having the gift card made the others more willing to yield to you since you can use that as an excuse to use the gift card or something?
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I am sure some of us have gotten into tug-of-wars with the bill when trying to treat some friends, guests, elderly/younger family members, etc for special occasions. I'm not counting situations where it's just a casual dinner with friends/family and you're just taking turns to pay the bill or splitting the bill.

My sister and brother-in-law were visiting my aunt and uncle in Taiwan recently and at one point my sister tried the "bathroom break" trick to pay the bill. She got caught however as both her and my uncle kinda raced to the cashier. Though my sister got to the cashier first my uncle told the cashier my sister was a guest so the cashier defaulted to giving the bill to my uncle instead.

Personally for me I have had my share of tug-o-war with the bill so now I usually try and sit where the waiter/waitress would approach near me and I would have my credit card ready to hand over immediately. Only once did I arrived early to give my credit card to the waiter/waitress before the rest of the group arrived.

Have you "fought" over getting to pay the bill at a restaurant before?



Comments are appreciated,

Thank you
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Amuseum posted...

Fake Meat
that's how they should be labeled

I think some products are labelled as imitation meat. Imitation crab for example is labeled as such and there's some imitation fish as well. I know there's veggie patties but I don't think those claim to be "meat" so might as well keep calling em veggie patties.
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Given Blizzard's history with cheaters, they tend to do their ban in waves over a period of what seems to be months. Of course I'm sure some cheaters survived previous banhammers and continue to elude Blizzard.
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Lokarin posted...

Duriel is the best boss - you've been using crowd control and stuns all game,and now the tables are turnt!

In the early days I hated that encounter as a summonancer. Hell, I hated the Maggot Lair as a whole as a summancer.
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I'm tempted to try this Beyond Meat product but they seem rather pricey. In between reducing my red meat intake and cutting cost on food, I might just have to focus more on chicken, pork, turkey, or other plants then.
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I'm indifferent. If I am there for a game/match I only care about the game/match. Cheerleaders, ring girls, etc. serve no purpose in my opinion.
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Interesting. I wouldn't mind substituting ground beef with this plant-base meat. If I can satisfy my burger cravings while reducing my red meat intake, that's a win-win for me. Of course whether or not I'll get the proper daily nutrients intake is another question.

Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

Why are vegans and vegetarians trying to turn plants into meat? Nobody is trying to turn beef into asparagus, chicken into soy, pork into lentils, or fish into avocados.

Perhaps someone can correct me on this but as a whole don't meat products have a larger footprint compared to that of plant food? Also, I'd imagine some vegans and vegetarians do miss the taste of meat but don't want to eat the real thing either due to health reasons or moral reasons. This substitute might be the closest thing for them. Overall, more options is rarely a bad thing in my opinion. I'm sure some folks want to eat the real thing while for some if the substitute is cheaper, taste the same, and have near equal nutrients, that is enough of a reason to switch over.
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A lot of RPGs have built-in mechanics where said characters needs a minimum level of stats, gear, etc. to beat said content. Diablo II is not unique among these. Oddly enough, the Dark Soul series, despite the difficulty they're known for allows players with the skill to beat about any content with minimal stats and gear.
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At 34 year old, 5'-6" and weighing about 200 lbs, I could stand to lose 20ish lbs or at least turn that fat into muscles.

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aHappySacka posted...

I've got stretch marks from months of bad posture from leaning forward.

everyone gets stretch marks from growing, nothing to feel self conscious about.

Indeed. I still mine on my legs during my growth spurt from four years in cross country and track-n-field. My family thought I was cutting myself.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Nah.
Fake the bomb, then find a good sniper nest overlooking the evac area.

I am both amazed and appalled at that kinda strategical thinking.
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I recall at least two bomb scare during high school. We were just evacuated to the football field and stayed out there for some hours. For better or worse I was able to use that time to finally finish reading Great Expectation which I was waay behind on and sell-out all my fundraiser candy.

In hindsight, I can't help but wonder if said bomb threat was real the culprit would had planted the bomb at the evac location.
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Mead posted...

His sister was freaking hilarious

Movie did a great job of successfully balancing dramatic moments with genuine humor

As much as I enjoyed the humor of Thor: Ragnarok, I did like how Black Panther kept the humor a bit more subtle. Not sure why but maybe since it is technically his first movie I wanted it a bit more serious.
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I think mine was the TI-83 Plus. Oddly enough I stopped using it in college and just used a scientific calculator, the Texas fx-115ES. I forgot my exact reasoning but either the TI-83 Plus broke and/or I had to get use to the scientific calculator anyway since our engineering license exam only allow certain scientific calculators. Hell, I think some of my professors didn't allow graphing calculators.

Zeus posted...

I refused to have one bought for me and, in retrospect, it was probably a stupid decision because not having one put me at a bit of a disadvantage.

How so? I can't recall if there was a time that I truly needed the graphing or programming capability of the TI-83 Plus in high school or college. Granted the larger screen to make sure I entered the numbers correctly was convenient.
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Zikten posted...

if I was a parent I wouldn't do that, no matter how befriended I was. if I have only known you for 30 minutes, you can't have my kid.

Perhaps a mixture of lapse in judgment and desperation? Dunno if money was tight for the family but maybe the simple offer of clothing/help was enough for the mother to lose some common sense for that short moment.
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I'm kinda disappointed cleric/priest is not among that list. But then again, in some games the cleric/priest is an off-shoot of the mage. On another note, I should replay my thief/mage from Baldur's Gate II.
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PMarth2002 posted...

No, but than eating a little will usually make me feel full for awhile.

This and I thought waiting too long in between meals might make the body go into "starvation mode". I'm sure someone can explain it better than me but between eating two or three solid meals a day versus one big meal a day, I thought the latter is overall worse.
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ZiggiStardust posted...

is jane foster dead now? ;_;

I did a quick look-up on Wiki and wow, kinda weird how transforming purged her treatment but not her cancer. Was Asgardian technology unable to treat her?
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