Orogun01

Who has told you that being a man was easy? I didn't say that they wouldn't have problems, the difference being that a man solves his problems. So they may not get better but they at least can carry their cross with some dignity and look past to keep on living. On the possibility of betterment of mental conditions I quote Vyse from SoA: "Impossible is just a word to help people feel good about themselves when they quit" Once they stop using their condition as an excuse and start making changes in their lives they'll realize that's not impossible to have a good life. On another note; they should just rename ADD to American Deficit Disorder as it seem that's the mindless consumerism and modern lifestyle that seems to be the main cause.

And it would seem that you've answered your own question, correctly I might add. Another reason that they'll vote for the Left is because the Left is interested in showing its--*AHEM*--moral superiority through the enlightened values of tolerance and multi-culturalism. The Right would, quite sensibly, tell the damned Third Worlders to shape up or go back where they came from and that's not something that the Third Worlders care to hear. Personally, I'd begin the mass deportations immediately and shoot dead any who resisted. These people have no interest in becoming Swedes--embracing your ways and mores; rather, they wish to intimidate and come to dominate Sweden. This is nothing less than an invasion by a hostile people and should be treated as such. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to call your credentials into question, because I really can believe that someone from Michigan knows more about Sweden than someone from Stockholm.

So, everyone should just the man the **** up? Quit being an ass. And quit trying to put words in my mouth. I don't know why everyone reacts negatively to telling someone to "man the **** up". It seems to me that the soft approach never makes anyone realize their situation or how pathetic it is. If their problem is just immaturity, then growing up its exactly what they need to do and if they have an actual condition then they should just be men and just get it under control. So really, the best advice you can give someone is to just man the **** up. BTW, does anyone know how the rates of ADD compare between the sexes? It always seems that every case is male but I don't know if that's just stereotyping.

So, everyone should just the man the **** up?

So the problem isn't child with ADD but immature adults?

I noticed that you failed to address the actual issue. If we assume that a margin for error has been left to account for the variables that you mention, do you or do you not believe that games cause ADHD? What was the actual issue? Whether games cause ADHD or not.

I noticed that you failed to address the actual issue. If we assume that a margin for error has been left to account for the variables that you mention, do you or do you not believe that games cause ADHD?

So...your average gamer =

NVM

Today I did the Harlem Shake

The main plot is bad but i find the side stories to be of great quality.

You forgot to mention the best part: Snarf is now mute.

I was referring to big companies rather than just a single one, meaning that the market is their playground and now with globalization and chain stores is hard for small business to compete against the big guys. Also IIRC some of those laws were re-appealed during the Bush administration which was considered to be one of the factors in the economic collapse. Nevertheless I would also question how much can these laws be enforced since companies have zero transparency, so they could hide very well their monopoly and we'd be none the wiser. Of course that's all speculative but my initial point stands big companies have made a fissure in microeconomies which has in turn lead to the decline of the middle class which was sustained by small businesses.

God, I hope people won't start making excuses for Castro when he dies. Saying that he wasn't that bad, or comparing him to some benevolent dictator, that would rub me the wrong way. Seems this thread has forgotten that the man was a dictator.

There are exceptions, but as a general rule most moviegoers are on their teenage years and dramatic films aren't exactly geared towards that audience. Also, you mentioned Brad Pitt who seems to be making less movies nowadays. I think that the Oscar buzz may give movies like Lincoln an edge in the box office, that said it was a hell of a good movie.

Dear God, your are wound up tight. You didn't have to take it serious.

Since Adam Sandler is now considered one of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood, I would say that you are a bad investor. Also, you seem to have the notion that star power is the same now as it was back in the 90's. Those dynamics seem to have changed.

I know a few Venezuelans that will be happy he died, I'll be sure to congratulate them next time I see them.

It is just a matter of proportion, the amount of money that they pay actors is grotesquely disproportionate to the amount of work that any living being would be able to do. That money comes from the studios cutting cost on on other sectors, so everyone from the rest of the cast to the crew takes less of the pie just so that actor John Doe can have his big piece. You could make a whole movie just from what they pay some of these actors, and if you ever take away the smoke and mirrors people will probably realize that a lot of them just aren't worth their paycheck. Also I would ask you to consider that most of the films that make it in the box office feature special effects or 3D, that's why there is a high demand to put out crap like "Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" or "Hansel & Gretel".

Are you suggesting that the president should have a separate computer just to tweet? preposterous

They are replaceable, as most of the stars of major blockbusters lack talent and their only selling point is their perceived good looks you can easily take another would be actor. Plus in the utilitarian sense, they don't work more than the rest, its not worth to outsource a whole company's job just so they get more money than they can possibly need.

It's time they realize that blockbusters are made by special effects teams and not the ponces with six packs who star in them. No one should be paid millions to play dress up and pretend.

Good excuse as any to get drunk

But with the lack of a strong middle class and the magnitude of today's corporations it is unlikely that there's going to be that much competition. Plus due to the sheer size of of their enterprise big companies can buy out smaller ones or endure them. It would take a great number of small companies which are sustainable in order to bring down the profits of a mega corporation, with that many competitors in a zero sum game their slices of the pie get smaller and smaller. So i'm afraid that any industry that's being controlled by a conglomerate is going to continue to be controlled by a conglomerate.