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| Topic | A million dollars but you can only spend $20 a week on food? |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:18:56 AM #31 | chill02 posted... smoke_break posted...DarkTransient posted...What's the rule on growing your own food? Counts as the same as it'd cost at retail? Also the fact that it took that long for anyone to think of it kinda... says a lot about this board's userbase. --- |
| Topic | Did Seattle make a mistake raising minimum wage to $15/hr |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:17:50 AM #10 | Ryo_the_Inferno posted... I wouldn't mind a $5 minimum wage if cost of living were lowered to reflect it. That's one option, sure. Not sure how well it'd work out in the long run; similar to how a minimum wage can kill jobs because the businesses don't want to (large) / can't (small) pay the new increase, businesses might also not be able to survive with cost caps in effect. But it might be at least a bit better, especially if very strictly applied only to absolute essentials. More realistically, perhaps we need to look at what actual factors are driving the costs of these things so high, and how those factors can be mitigated, rather than just slapping a minimum wage or price ceiling bandage on them. Treat the cause, not the symptoms, basically. --- |
| Topic | Are MMF threesomes gay? |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:15:52 AM #3 | |
| Topic | Im about to get laid. |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:09:56 AM #4 | |
| Topic | had to explain to my pizza boy that tip culture is stupid and exclusive to USA |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:09:08 AM #16 | At least one pizza chain here literally uses loopholes to get out of minimum wage (and pretty much all other legal requirements, except for that of providing a safe workplace); you get (converted to USD) about $4.40 per delivery and have to pay your gas out of that. And because the other two (that tend to be more popular) don't do this crap, people generally aren't used to there being any real reason to tip the delivery drivers. --- |
| Topic | If I bought my wife a Sybian, would that make me a cuck? |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:07:26 AM #2 | Only if it's male. Make sure to get a female sybian, and you have nothing cuck-related to worry about. --- |
| Topic | Should first degree murder be the only time where a death penalty applies? |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:03:56 AM #7 | Any violent or *real* sexual crime, as well as significant value thefts / property damage, and dealing of life-wrecking drugs. Perhaps for minor offences in the case of repeat offenders too; the whole idea behind prisons rather than executions is to give them a chance to reform, so if they continue to offend, it isn't working in their case so... back to plan A. To clarify: By "real" sexual crime, I simply mean excluding stupid things like "hurr durr u took a piss under a tree ur a sex offender now". And by "life-wrecking" drugs, I'm meaning shit like meth or heroin; not relatively harmless stuff like weed (I even support legalizing that kind of drug). --- |
| Topic | A million dollars but you can only spend $20 a week on food? |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:01:57 AM #22 | What's the rule on growing your own food? Counts as the same as it'd cost at retail? --- |
| Topic | I went to a vegan restaurant today. |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:00:52 AM #7 | Not vegan myself (vegetarian though), but I find most vegan food is actually pretty good. Keyword, "most". There are definitely exceptions. --- |
| Topic | Did Seattle make a mistake raising minimum wage to $15/hr |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 3:00:01 AM #6 | > people demand minimum wage increase because "we aren't earning enough to live" > minimum wage increases > people are better off short-term > long-term, people lose jobs > long-term, people have a harder time getting jobs, especially those without experience or bad history > long-term, prices go up > people who still have work demand minimum wage increase because "we aren't earning enough to live" You'd think by now they'd realise that a "solution" that only helps short-term, and actually makes it harder for some, might not actually be a solution after all. --- |
| Topic | Am I a racist if I won't like Black Panther? |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 2:57:15 AM #9 | If you dislike it because it's mostly black actors, yes. If you dislike it for any other reason, still yes, apparently. --- |
| Topic | It was boring and had a few SJW moments. |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 2:56:32 AM #5 | |
| Topic | 7 years of good luck, but once it runs out you'll never get lucky again |
| DarkTransient 03/11/18 2:56:08 AM #5 | I'd use my luck to, just before the 7 years is up, find another similar deal. --- |
| Topic | Why is it wrong to disqualify smokers, drug addicts and alcoholics from getting |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:52:37 PM #5 | BalloonBattle05 posted... DarkTransient posted...In the case of drug addicts, drugs are on the black market and thus tax-free. In a regime which legalizes and taxes them, with those taxes going towards health care for users, I'd see no problem with them getting that care. If they panhandle / borrow money, those cigarette taxes are still getting paid. If they steal it - well, I mean, the way our system works technically the taxes are paid there too, as the retailer would've paid them when buying the stock. The only part that isn't is the sales tax, which is puny compared to the excise taxes (especially on tobacco) here. And presumably, the taxes would be part of what their insurance then covers, if they have it. The only way they can bypass the cost is to illegally import it (not easily done in NZ's case; our customs are pretty on to it and we're a couple of islands out in the middle of nowhere so the only way in is by air or by a VERY LONG boat ride - presumably from Australia, which is also pretty onto it with this kind of stuff, though the various Polynesian countries are also practical and those might be a bit more lax), or to grow / brew their own (which does happen and is officially legal; most smokers can't be bothered growing their own tobacco and often don't like the taste of homegrown so it doesn't really make a difference, while those who brew their own alcohol tend to be very responsible drinkers anyway in most cases and so don't incur much in the way of alcohol-related health costs). --- |
| Topic | What would you think of a turn-based RPG with no levelling? |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:47:51 PM #3 | Megaman50100 posted... This is generally what people who only care about the end-game of MMOs and MMOlikes do, just with turn based combat. Don't MMOs usually have a huge focus on level grinding? What I'm suggesting here is literally the exact opposite of that - no grinding, it's all about carefully selecting your equipment and battle strategy. Likewise, the final boss wouldn't have hugely greater stats than the early-game bosses; rather, he'd have more access to nasty status effects, better AI, etc. --- |
| Topic | 36 of the last school shooters were on or stopped taking some type of SSRI drug |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:44:17 PM #6 | The more I hear about antidepressants, the more glad I am I refused to ever go on them. Sure, it may have been coming from a "fuck you I'm not taking pills" point of view, but it looks like even if the reasoning was crap, the answer was ultimately the right one. --- |
| Topic | Why is it wrong to disqualify smokers, drug addicts and alcoholics from getting |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:38:23 PM #3 | In the case of drug addicts, drugs are on the black market and thus tax-free. In a regime which legalizes and taxes them, with those taxes going towards health care for users, I'd see no problem with them getting that care. For alcoholics and smokers, those products should have an excise tax on them that's precisely the amount needed (or as close as reasonably possible - certianly not a case like in New Zealand where the tobacco tax is enough to cover tobacco-related health costs several times over) to cover the extra health care costs associated with those things. This is, of course, assuming we're dealing with a public health system in the first place. In the case of an insurance-based health system, instead of taxes it should be the insurance premiums for those who choose to use these things that make up the coverage. Obviously, in a "pay out of pocket" system, it's irrelevant - if they can afford the healthcare, they can get it. --- |
| Topic | What would you think of a turn-based RPG with no levelling? |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:34:24 PM #1 | So, a typical turn-based battle system, but your stats don't permanently increase. You can still get smallish boosts - maybe even as far as doubling them - through equipment. Likewise, you can still gain new abilities, but your stats / level never increase. It goes without saying this would be in a game with a particularly strong focus on battle strategy, certianly not one where you follow the "attack, attack, heal" pattern and nothing else. --- |
| Topic | Man angry after cop shoots small pet dog in front of 5-year-old little boy. |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:31:46 PM #45 | Offworlder1 posted... @Darktransient If they can reasonably apprehend the criminal, then they should not kill. If they must injure them in the process, that's fine. And if their only option is to kill, or if they accidentally kill while only intending to wound, that's fine too. Don't flee and you won't have that problem. And if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have no reason to flee - don't buy into the lies BLM and the like tell you about "if you comply you're going to get shot", they WANT you to flee so that when you DO get shot for that, they can parade you around as an example of why police are "bad". Although I'll gladly admit that my main reason for "they should apprehend rather than kill" is because ideally, after being apprehended they should receive a REAL punishment. At the very least, several years of hard labor. Wouldn't personally object to torture either, if the offence is serious enough. (Perhaps not for minor things like a bar fight, though.) --- |
| Topic | Conservatives of CE, what's the most liberal viewpoint you have? |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:26:21 PM #3 | Well, whether I get defined as a "conservative" or a "liberal" seems to depend on who I'm talking to, but I'm fairly sure being in favor of gay marriage and cannabis legalization count as "liberal" viewpoints. (And on the flipside, I have plenty that'd be considered "conservative" too - for example, I'm anti-abortion and I'm all for death penalty for serious violent / sexual offences or dealing of actually-harmful drugs.) --- |
| Topic | Man angry after cop shoots small pet dog in front of 5-year-old little boy. |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 5:22:31 PM #43 | TheGrindery posted... Offworlder1 posted...I would cause no one gets to kill my pet and not have anything happen. Shooting pets needs to stop, unless there legitimately is a danger. On the other hand, shooting a fleeing criminal is fine. If they have nothing to hide, they won't flee. If they get away, they remain a danger to the community. Non-fatal shots should be preferred when possible, but if you have to kill them... no big deal. --- |
| Topic | Trump admin studies death penalty for drug dealers |
| DarkTransient 03/10/18 3:56:44 PM #175 | Sounds fine by me, as long as they restrict it to dangerous harmful drugs like meth / heroin / etc and don't start trying to use it on harmless shit like weed. --- |
| Topic | your mom |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 5:15:04 AM #1 | your mom YOUR MOM your mom. --- |
| Topic | You are the final boss. |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 5:14:48 AM #3 | Weapon: Your mom Battle quote: "Your mom" Music: Some guy just saying "Your mom" over and over --- |
| Topic | Trump Supporter whose Daughter was Killed in Florida is AGAINST GUN CONTROL!! |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 5:12:04 AM #19 | gunplagirl posted... DarkTransient posted...Maybe because they realise that these kind of events have become more common as gun control has increased? These attacks started becoming more common quite a while before Trump even announced his run for president, let alone won, let alone did anything. --- |
| Topic | Trump Supporter whose Daughter was Killed in Florida is AGAINST GUN CONTROL!! |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 4:52:22 AM #13 | Maybe because they realise that these kind of events have become more common as gun control has increased? --- |
| Topic | Mac OS may not be all that great but... |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 2:37:24 AM #1 | ... at least it isn't Windows Phone. --- |
| Topic | why dont you like rap |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 1:43:51 AM #35 | Because most of it is the same shit to a slightly different beat. Rap that's more than that, I actually have no problem with. (See: Most Eminem, NWA - "Express Yourself", Outsider, almost any comedy rapper) --- |
| Topic | You have the power to permanently expel one from GameFAQs.GS for all eternity |
| DarkTransient 03/06/18 1:42:53 AM #8 | |
| Topic | Computer model: wealth is down to chance, not talent |
| DarkTransient 03/02/18 4:55:27 PM #36 | Tmaster148 posted... DarkTransient posted...So what you're saying is instead of working hard I should just buy lottery tickets, since it's luck either way? ...still luck. --- |
| Topic | Computer model: wealth is down to chance, not talent |
| DarkTransient 03/02/18 4:50:43 PM #32 | So what you're saying is instead of working hard I should just buy lottery tickets, since it's luck either way? --- |
| Topic | Guys get in here |
| DarkTransient 03/02/18 4:49:10 PM #12 | |
| Topic | How quickly do you resort in calling other people a troll? |
| DarkTransient 03/02/18 4:48:19 PM #7 | If/when, and only if/when, it becomes very clear they really are trolling. Disagreement is not the same thing as trolling, even if it comes from a place of ignorance and/or stupidity. --- |
| Topic | YouTube is being sued for refusing to hire white and asian men. |
| DarkTransient 03/02/18 4:46:26 PM #101 | Bad_Mojo posted... And there are a lot of people that fight against racism and sexism that will find nothing wrong with this. No, there aren't. There are a lot of people who say they're fighting against those things who will find nothing wrong with this. They're not anti-racism, they're minority supremacists. --- |
| Topic | Mobile users, 'from the Web' has a picture of a hot blonde girl holding a sword. |
| DarkTransient 03/02/18 4:42:29 PM #47 | This topic is still alive, and we still have no name? --- |
| Topic | I want to fuck da one on da far right |
| DarkTransient 02/28/18 5:59:36 AM #26 | Furthest to the left is the only one I'd do. --- |
| Topic | welp, South Carolina is trying to outlaw all abortions |
| DarkTransient 02/28/18 5:58:38 AM #14 | Should really be an exception for when it's to save the mother's life, but apart from that, good fucking job. --- |
| Topic | ACLU finds judges issued arrest warrants at behest of private debt collectors |
| DarkTransient 02/28/18 5:57:28 AM #41 | Questionmarktarius posted... failing to appear in court --- |
| Topic | $50,000, but all anti-vaxxers become sterile |
| DarkTransient 02/27/18 6:20:09 PM #18 | |
| Topic | What is with anti-SJW types and shaming emotions? |
| DarkTransient 02/27/18 6:19:35 PM #43 | refmon posted... NibeIungsnarf posted...Or its because they object to the notion that one persons random emotional state should rule other peopless lives and rights. --- |
| Topic | Esu bii aren no okaasan wa chotto oshiri ga ookii ne... |
| DarkTransient 02/27/18 6:18:00 PM #10 | Right. I forgot that GameFAQs finally added unicode support. --- |
| Topic | What's your opinion on DLC? |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 3:37:10 AM #19 | If they're practically whole extra games (see: GTA 4, The Witcher 3), hell yes. If they're good extra content (see: Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy, Oddworld: New n Tasty), also hell yes. If they're okay extra content and really cheap (see: Saints Row series), eh, I'll probably grab it if / when it's on sale. If it's something like "wow fancy looking car that doesn't do anything special for $4107578645.30", nah, get fucked. --- |
| Topic | Greatest final levels in video games |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 3:35:21 AM #37 | Pandemonium 2, if you don't count bosses. The final actual level was amazing. I guess you could count them as levels; the final missions in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as well as the ones in the two GTA4 DLCs. --- |
| Topic | What should be rebooted next? |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 3:34:05 AM #19 | |
| Topic | Have you ever smoked...God's green herb? |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 2:42:49 AM #31 | No, I skipped straight to injecting my marijuanas. --- |
| Topic | Esu bii aren no okaasan wa chotto oshiri ga ookii ne... |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 2:40:48 AM #1 | |
| Topic | Is $7.25 absurd for minimum wage these days? |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 2:40:01 AM #3 | For the US? I'd imagine so, from what I've heard. For most other places with a currency called "dollar"? No. --- |
| Topic | butt sex |
| DarkTransient 02/26/18 12:02:40 AM #1 | |
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