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8. Players who let others talk them out of playing really good characters just because its not optimized
9. Players who think an unoptimized character is a bad character
10. Women who ware low cut tops and short skirts and complain when men look at them
11. Paying more for fair trade products
12. People who fly away for a holiday then never see outside of the hotel bar
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From what I've heard, de-clawing is both painful and harmful to a cat.
Animal abuse is added to my list of things that I just don't get.
- Precisely how the current price of a share in a company is determined.Well, there's no simple answer to this and I've been up all night, but I'll try to explain the basics as I remember them.
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Ah-ha! So the published prices are what they are actually selling for right now, and not some estimation of worth based upon company value/performance? Got it!!! Thank you :D
I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.
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11. Paying more for fair trade products
I thought that was self-evident. They are products for which the producers got paid a fair price. That means that all the cheaper stuff you can buy is produced by exploited people.
I understand how so called fair trade works but I'm not being charged more because the company is trying to protect there suppliers.
I'm being charged more so the company can protect there profit margin ,
if they want to pay a higher price to there suppliers then good for them I'm in favour of that but why can't they swallow the extra cost themselves.
Then they would be being fair to both the suppliers and there customers
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Cause that's a good way to go out of business by spending more than you earn.
That's the "1+1=2" argument.The male fascination with Female on Female. I've heard the "Becuz its Hawt" argument and the "1 + 1 = 2" argument. Neither of which really makes sense.I can attempt to answer this. Straight men like to see hot women. Two hot women are better then one hot woman. And if they do something erotic, even better.
works for me.
- Manga, Anime, Ninja Movies - just does not click with me in any way
I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS! !!!!
I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.
Cereal boxes are a legitimate source for learning spelling? I guess now I know how to spell words like kix, trix, chex, froot, krave, and krispy.
There ARE people with the last name Kellog with one G, by the way. I just looked it up in the white pages.
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I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.
where can I get ninja cereal?
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I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.where can I get ninja cereal?
Well, that's the problem. It hides extremely well.
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Well, that's the problem. It hides extremely well.I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.where can I get ninja cereal?
Also pray it's not the last box of cereal.
I've never liked pineapple, and I probably never will.
People who like to put that stuff on pizza baffle me to no end.
they're delicious!
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where can I get ninja cereal?
There used to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cereal.
I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.Cereal boxes are a legitimate source for learning spelling? I guess now I know how to spell words like kix, trix, chex, froot, krave, and krispy.
There ARE people with the last name Kellog with one G, by the way. I just looked it up in the white pages.
I'm willing to bet those are typos.
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I'm willing to bet those are typos.I don't get why people can't spell my last name right. It's written on millions of cereal boxes across the country, but it's still rare for people to get it right the first time.Cereal boxes are a legitimate source for learning spelling? I guess now I know how to spell words like kix, trix, chex, froot, krave, and krispy.
There ARE people with the last name Kellog with one G, by the way. I just looked it up in the white pages.
Captain Weetabix, I presume?
I'll agree pineapple is delicious. Pineapple on pizza is not. Now pineapple on a baked ham, yum!they're delicious!I've never liked pineapple, and I probably never will.
People who like to put that stuff on pizza baffle me to no end.
getting pineapple on pizza right is a bit of a crapshoot. You have to cook the pineapple enough with the cheese and sauce to release enough acidity or something, I think.
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Things I don't get:
-Fancy decor: No thank you, I got utilitarian creature comforts. I don't need fancy pots, pieces of art, weird colors on my walls or 'artifacts'. Closest I'll get to this is my minis, which I still keep hidden and out of sight in a cupboard. When I get in my room, my eyes drag me to my TV to which my consoles and my PC are connected to, everything else is white noise...made noisier if it stands out.
Heh. The only time I even get to see any fancy decor is if I'm playing The Sims, and those little buggers keep setting fire to it so often that I can only assume it comes pre-soaked in gasoline. I think I'm safer with my cheap furniture!
I hate it when people refuse to help me just because I'm a computer programmer.
For instance, once I was helping someone with her cooking, and she told me to set her kitchen oven timer. As I started to dial the time, seeing just "XX:XX" on the timer, I said "Wait. Am I dialing the hours and minutes, or the minutes and seconds?"
She said something like "How can you not know that? You work with computers!"
What, so I'm supposed to know everything about everything computerized, right down to every oven timer?
I asked again "So am I dialing the hours and minutes, or the minutes and seconds?"
She never answered me. She just kept on with her garbage about me and computers.
Another time, a couple of other people mentioned, in a casual conversation, the website Lulu. I said "What's that?" They said "What's your job again? You work with... what again?"
Again, I repeated the question. Again, I only got garbage. One of the people gave me a long, condescending lecture about what the internet was. He seemed to think he was being funny. I had to look the site up on the web myself just to find out what Lulu was.
So it seems that my being a computer programmer means that I'm supposed to know about every website out there too. <continues ranting>
Oh yeah. I thought of another example. Once, at my place of work, before our time-sheet system got automated and we did it all with pen and paper, the secretary accidentally gave me my office-mate's time-sheet, and vice versa. We completed our time-sheets before the mistake was discovered. The secretary said "You're both computer programmers! How could you not have noticed such a mistake?!?"
Apparently, she thought that computer programmers don't notice mistakes. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, as you are made painfully aware every time you have to deal with a bug in a program you're trying to use.
Yea I work in Software Quality Assurance. I can tell you for certain, computer programmers miss mistakes. All the time. I wouldnt have a job if they didnt.
And I'm in your boat. I work in the software industry and any time there is a computer problem, they expect me to have the answer or are baffled if I have a computer problem.
I tend to respond with, 'Thats true, just how you are good at cooking steaks, and therefore can troubleshoot issues arising from raising cattle right?'.
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I understand how so called fair trade works but I'm not being charged more because the company is trying to protect there suppliers.
I'm being charged more so the company can protect there profit margin ,
if they want to pay a higher price to there suppliers then good for them I'm in favour of that but why can't they swallow the extra cost themselves.
Then they would be being fair to both the suppliers and there customers
Wut?
Yea I work in Software Quality Assurance. I can tell you for certain,...I hate it when people refuse to help me just because I'm a computer programmer.
For instance, once I was helping someone with her cooking, and she told me to set her kitchen oven timer. As I started to dial the time, seeing just "XX:XX" on the timer, I said "Wait. Am I dialing the hours and minutes, or the minutes and seconds?"
She said something like "How can you not know that? You work with computers!"
What, so I'm supposed to know everything about everything computerized, right down to every oven timer?
I asked again "So am I dialing the hours and minutes, or the minutes and seconds?"
She never answered me. She just kept on with her garbage about me and computers.
Another time, a couple of other people mentioned, in a casual conversation, the website Lulu. I said "What's that?" They said "What's your job again? You work with... what again?"
Again, I repeated the question. Again, I only got garbage. One of the people gave me a long, condescending lecture about what the internet was. He seemed to think he was being funny. I had to look the site up on the web myself just to find out what Lulu was.
So it seems that my being a computer programmer means that I'm supposed to know about every website out there too. <continues ranting>
Oh yeah. I thought of another example. Once, at my place of work, before our time-sheet system got automated and we did it all with pen and paper, the secretary accidentally gave me my office-mate's time-sheet, and vice versa. We completed our time-sheets before the mistake was discovered. The secretary said "You're both computer programmers! How could you not have noticed such a mistake?!?"
Apparently, she thought that computer programmers don't notice mistakes. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, as you are made painfully aware every time you have to deal with a bug in a program you're trying to use.
good analogy
I think the published sale value of a share is the price if the LATEST such transaction, not the average. I may be wrong.
Pineapple on pizza is a treat... The thing is, you need the rest of the pizza to be brutally spicy for it to work well. Piri piri, chili and such makes the taste sing. Trust me.
Fair trade coffee is a sinister story. Say the production companies sell it for twice the cost of non-fair trade coffee. Out price should also be twice normal, right? No. When you buy coffee in a cafe or wherever, the price of the coffee is actually a very minor part of the cost. Most of it is paying the salary for the barrista. So... With double the profit per cup, minus the slight extra cost of the coffee... Yeah. Just look for "all our coffee is fair trade", and you'll know.
Fair trade coffee is a sinister story. Say the production companies sell it for twice the cost of non-fair trade coffee. Out price should also be twice normal, right? No. When you buy coffee in a cafe or wherever, the price of the coffee is actually a very minor part of the cost. Most of it is paying the salary for the barrista. So... With double the profit per cup, minus the slight extra cost of the coffee... Yeah. Just look for "all our coffee is fair trade", and you'll know.
That's a different story. I was thinking about buying a packet of coffee in the supermarket. I'm not an idiot who buys overpriced coffee in some supposedly hip coffee shop. Of course you get ripped off there.
Although I bet the barrista's salary is not the biggest part. They don't get paid much.
Still more than the coffee. But you are right. You also have to pay for the cafe and so on. Same thing there. You pay twice, but the cafe isn't twice as nice.
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I just don't get why people insist on playing the most conservative option from a huge constellation of role-playing games — all of which deserve your entertainment dollar — and then complain that it lacks the features one expects of a progressive, modern RPG experience.
It's like paying top dollar for an antique car and bemoaning its lack of cruise control and anti-lock brakes.
I know ToZ likes to answer me with "because it is the most popular game with the most players" ... but that's not reason enough, dig?
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I just don't get why people insist on playing the most conservative option from a huge constellation of role-playing games — all of which deserve your entertainment dollar — and then complain that it lacks the features one expects of a progressive, modern RPG experience.
It's like paying top dollar for an antique car and bemoaning its lack of cruise control and anti-lock brakes.
I know ToZ likes to answer me with "because it is the most popular game with the most players" ... but that's not reason enough, dig?
I see what you mean. For some people, it's a question of playing something that they believe will still be around in a few years time and not gone the way of the dodo. For others, it can be knowing theres ongoing support and the company isn't going to ditch it and move on after doing a corebook, GM screen, and two adventures. That player thing really does matter too, if you're looking for a group or for something the scale of PFS to join.
It's perhaps more a case of what you really wanted was the antique car, but the fuel and spare parts for it aren't readily available so you made do with a mainstream model instead.
Oh, plus there's a really nifty set of seat covers that'll fit the new mainstream one perfectly.
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I know ToZ likes to answer me with "because it is the most popular game with the most players" ... but that's not reason enough, dig?
I've tried other games before. (Warhammer Fantasy RPG is on my shelf.) I should try more. (Castles and Crusades is also on my shelf.)
But my Austin group was "D&D-or-nothing." Maybe with my new group I can try something different, but as we often spar about, a GM with no players can't run anything.
I know ToZ likes to answer me with "because it is the most popular game with the most players" ... but that's not reason enough, dig?I've tried other games before. (Warhammer Fantasy RPG is on my shelf.) I should try more. (Castles and Crusades is also on my shelf.)
But my Austin group was "D&D-or-nothing." Maybe with my new group I can try something different, but as we often spar about, a GM with no players can't run anything.
The catch, ToZ, is that you don't complain about the game, you embrace it for what it is. And I'll bet you enjoy it more because of that.
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I know ToZ likes to answer me with "because it is the most popular game with the most players" ... but that's not reason enough, dig?I've tried other games before. (Warhammer Fantasy RPG is on my shelf.) I should try more. (Castles and Crusades is also on my shelf.)
But my Austin group was "D&D-or-nothing." Maybe with my new group I can try something different, but as we often spar about, a GM with no players can't run anything.
If they turn out to be the same, you could try going with various d20 spinoffs in an attempt to slowly wean them away.
"Look, it's still D&D really! Its just got different character classes and some weird weapons!"
"This one next, it's got alternate combat rules, but the rest is just the same game we always play!"
"No magic in this one, but it's got this other system that replaces it. Same game underneath though!"
"Guys, hate to break it to you, but we stopped playing D&D months ago. You didn't notice?"
I just don't get why people insist on playing the most conservative option from a huge constellation of role-playing games — all of which deserve your entertainment dollar — and then complain that it lacks the features one expects of a progressive, modern RPG experience.
It's like paying top dollar for an antique car and bemoaning its lack of cruise control and anti-lock brakes.
I know ToZ likes to answer me with "because it is the most popular game with the most players" ... but that's not reason enough, dig?
I play D&D/Pathfinder because it has a huuuuuge amount of support. You can find a lot of pre-made spells, classes, NPCs, adventures and such. When I was much younger, I player Fantasy Hero. I liked the system better, but it only had a msall number of "canned" spells or modules. You had to create most of the supplementary material yourself - a major pain.
I tried alternate systems such as Burning Wheel, Role Master, Traveller, Gamma World and Mage/Vampire/etc, but they never caught on with my gaming group. Fantasy Hero was the longest-lived campaign, but the game died out because running it required too much effort.
In addition to the lack of support materials, it is difficult to get other people in a gaming group to invest time in somthing new when they have spent so much learning the complex rules of the system they are using. I have found that as I (and my friends) get older, we don't have the time to learn an entirely new gaming system.
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For me it's that D&D/PF is what I've sunk my money into and I don't have anything else, nor interest in spending said money on anything else.
Maybe if I'd gotten started on something else, but as it stands now I'm happy with what I have, and can adjust as I need.
Oh, and earn my fifth GM star.
You know, to show how better I am than everyone else.
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I don't get why people keep pressuring me to get a bed frame. I can sleep just fine on my mattress on the floor; what practical purpose is served by spending a couple hundred dollars just to raise my mattress three feet off the ground?
I don't get why people keep pressuring me to get a bed frame. I can sleep just fine on my mattress on the floor; what practical purpose is served by spending a couple hundred dollars just to raise my mattress three feet off the ground?
Storage, mainly.
Easier to get out of a raised bed, too.
Lastly, if you develop any kind of pest problem, it's a bummer to have rats/centipedes/roaches in bed with you. This is more of a medieval reason though.
I don't get why people keep pressuring me to get a bed frame. I can sleep just fine on my mattress on the floor; what practical purpose is served by spending a couple hundred dollars just to raise my mattress three feet off the ground?Storage, mainly.
Easier to get out of a raised bed, too.
Lastly, if you develop any kind of pest problem, it's a bummer to have rats/centipedes/roaches in bed with you. This is more of a medieval reason though.
Get medieval on your pest problem! Raise you bed.
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I've yet to understand why I hear so many DM/Group horror stories here. I'm beginning to think I've simply lucked out, and have the perfect group.
I don't get how someone can claim to be charitable, but freak out any time the slightest donation is asked for.
I don't get how partying with two dozen people is 'fun'.
I still don't understand why the wrestling team in High School all those years ago would call me gay, when I was part of the Ballroom Dance team, all those many years ago. I held beautiful women close to me. They grappled with other men in leotards.
I don't get people who can function, and be perfectly happy, with only 4 hours of sleep a night.
I don't get social people.
I don't get people.
I don't get why people think I must be lonely because of this.
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I don't get Spanish soap operas. Maybe I should learn Spanish...
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I'll start...
The male fascination with Female on Female.
Try evolutionary biology for an answer. Part of your brain doesn't know they're a TV or magazine, so as far as it knows there's two girls 10 feet away from you that aren't objecting to your presence... which means you might be able to join in and mate with BOTH of them, which is the only thing better for your genes than just mating (which is itself an incredibly strong drive)
I don't get people who resort to insults when they run out of proper ways to defending their claim. As someone who's been to two debate contests (one which I won, and another where our team got second place), I usually end up disappointed when the people I debate with online ALWAYS resort to fallacies by the end, whether it be strawmen, shifts of the goalpost or ad hominem. Then again, it might just be the fact that I'm trying to debate on good DM policy on the internet that is the real problem.