Orogun01

So we should eat Kosher?

I think this thread perfectly reflects 2016 politics, so dismal that we rather talk about nutrition.

It is difficult for me to determine since I don't know of any experiments that have been conducted on this subject. Just based on my own experiences I can tell that my diet hasn't changed, I literally am eating the same dishes that I was eating when I was a child (If anything I'm now trying to eat healthier and broader) I haven't gotten to the point in my life that my metabolism has slowed down enough for me to gain weight. More so, I know don't eat dinner; so I went from eating 3 meals a day on a Third World country to just 2 in the US. All this and I still gained massive amounts of weight compared to what I used to weight when I came to the US. I haven't grown any taller since then, so that's not it. Plus any additional caloric intake hasn't changed; I don't eat sweets any more than I used to. The only variables that I can see have changed is the food and the lifestyle. First World life is more sedentary, but then again I now exercise more. Which only leaves the food ingredients themselves. Mmmm maybe eat that 3rd meal, I know that eating less times a day will screw up the metabolism. My girl went to only twice and she ballooned up there for a bit but started losing weight when she ate more times a day but ate a lil smaller portions. It's a bit screwy. Also forgive me for the tone, I get this conversation a lot and usually it's from people who worked the fields and ate homecooking then moved here and are now behind a desk and eating out all the time and blaming our foods here for why they starting to get overweight. Enough times that it's usually a gut reaction that by going from most of the day manual labor to desk jobs with working out but eating at restaurants all the time and blaming out "poor quality" food as the source of why they becoming fatasses. I didn't notice anything bad about the tone. I'm already trying to switch to smaller portions simply because it's healthier, although I still wholeheartedly believe that the sugar amount on American foods is a factor along with other additives. Ever since I decided to watch my caloric intake it just feels like i'm fighting against the tide. So maybe I get a bit sore when people defend the Food industry.

It is difficult for me to determine since I don't know of any experiments that have been conducted on this subject. Just based on my own experiences I can tell that my diet hasn't changed, I literally am eating the same dishes that I was eating when I was a child (If anything I'm now trying to eat healthier and broader) I haven't gotten to the point in my life that my metabolism has slowed down enough for me to gain weight. More so, I know don't eat dinner; so I went from eating 3 meals a day on a Third World country to just 2 in the US. All this and I still gained massive amounts of weight compared to what I used to weight when I came to the US. I haven't grown any taller since then, so that's not it. Plus any additional caloric intake hasn't changed; I don't eat sweets any more than I used to. The only variables that I can see have changed is the food and the lifestyle. First World life is more sedentary, but then again I now exercise more. Which only leaves the food ingredients themselves.

Then if you're for regulation why do you defend McDonalds? Why is that we criticize another country when in ours we allow the same poison as long as is within tolerable degrees? If you are argument is that poisoning is bad why are you defending slow poisoning and condemning the fast one? If you want to believe propaganda condemning US enemies for the same crap that we do, the you're free to do so. Just don't expect me to jump from that cliff. So a quick death due to bacteria is equal to a slow death due to unhealthy eating habits in your narrative? There is unhealthy eating habits and there is food that is harmful. Trust me on this, American food is in general less healthy than natural food; even the one with organic on the name. I can personally attest to this since every one of the people I know from back when I was in Cuba that has come to the US has gained a lot of weight (myself included) even if they don't eat trash food or drink soda on a regular basis. Before you think that it is just that they have more to eat here, I actually ate more meals a day back in Cuba. My preference of food hasn't changed, the only variable that has changed is that before I had natural food and now I have GMO foods. You won't change my mind on this subject simply because I know with great certainty that American food is harmful and the regulations don't exclude harmful substances, just how much you can have in your product. If you think this acceptable then I would like to invite you to a dinner where every dish has non lethal amount of arsenic in it and see if you last the night or whether you are actually convinced that poison in small measures is not harmful.

It gets very one not after a while though, did enjoy it though just not much joy when every mission becomes everyone walking in an Indian file and using cloaking devices.Agreed. Satellite Reign starts out great, but it gets incredibly repetitive after a while. Every mission becomes essentially the same. That's where Shadow Tactics, in my opinion, shows its brilliance. It's not exactly the same genre, but there are enough similarities that I feel a comparison is fair. Shadow Tactics does a far superior job of periodically introducing new mechanics, and even when all mechanics have been introduced they present new challenges with clever enemy placement and environmental crafting. In fairness, it's a lot easier to do that in a level-based game than in a semi-open world game like SR. Also, I don't want to sound like I'm taking a dump on SR. I thoroughly enjoyed it for some 12-15 hours before the repetitiveness started wearing on me and I feel I got my money's worth. Hopefully they make a SR2. I got Shadow Tactics a while back just cuz I heard you praise it. The missions are well designed and the mechanics are interesting, I just have a beef with strategy games in that all of them try to get you to play them a certain way. I will say that micromanaging in Shadow Tactics is more viable than in SR.

Then if you're for regulation why do you defend McDonalds? Why is that we criticize another country when in ours we allow the same poison as long as is within tolerable degrees? If you are argument is that poisoning is bad why are you defending slow poisoning and condemning the fast one? If you want to believe propaganda condemning US enemies for the same crap that we do, the you're free to do so. Just don't expect me to jump from that cliff.

Don't be sore

The topic of the current conversation is food. It may be convenient for your argument to ignore that, but you can have your morality discussion with someone else. Any time you eat out (particularly from a street vendor), you are risking exposure to bacteria. In the US there are regulations in place to limit that exposure. In China, according to Sharp_One's example, there is no regulation. Ergo, you are at greater risk to bacteria in China. That seems absolute to me. You brought up McDonalds and tried to make this an American versus China thing, and you haven't convinced me. Honestly I'm not even sure how accurate Sharp_One's example is. I'd have to believe China has some sort of regulations for restaurants and food markets, particularly in the larger cities. I thought this was a politics thread, besides the derail began with the post below. Clearly the subtext of this whole thing is to criticize China for their lack of regulations. This was always an America vs China thing, I would say something rude that points to your inability to keep up with the thread but I suspect your post is borne more out of sophistry rather than a lack of understanding. Don't know which is worse, though. When were you last time in China? Answer me this: In which country you can buy bread, some ingredients and start selling sandwiches on a sidewalk starting your own small business. And no one will bother you. A) USA B) China

It gets very one not after a while though, did enjoy it though just not much joy when every mission becomes everyone walking in an Indian file and using cloaking devices.

Are you really comparing something like salmonella or e-coli, which can put you in the hospital immediately, to fast food? Look, I hate fast food. I haven't stepped foot in a McDonalds in about 20 years. But it is regulated and I'm glad it is. Are you arguing for stiffer regulations that make the food healthier? Are you arguing for less regulations so they can lower costs and cut corners? What is your point here? You can buy stuff and go sell sandwiches on the side of the road in the US by the way. You can do it until you get reported, at which point you will get fined and shut down. Or you can go get a permit, which is not exactly a king's ransom, demonstrate some sense of food safety, and sell food on the side of the road, depending on the property rights. Woe are we, with so many rules. The morality is what we are arguing here not the food. If you think that causing deliberate harm at lesser degrees is justifiable then please do continue to defend McDonalds and condemn China. I tend to think of morals as absolutes so that's why I don't like to split hairs about who does the greater wrong.

That would mean that their economic situation would become dire, the people who depend on the country's manufacturing industries would lose their jobs. On top of that, jobs on factories have become more regulated thanks to the West focus on human rights. Meaning they are payed better and work safer. You hit them hard enough and they might just begin WW3 just out of sheer necessity. Why would you hurt your clientele? What would be the point? Make lots of money in the mean time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal I find it a bit ironic that people are talking about how awful the Chinese are for selling poisoned food when everywhere else in the world you have McDonalds. Funny, but serving unhealthy food and serving bacteria-ridden food are a bit different. Actually I hear the McDonalds in other countries are often better and have somewhat more culturally appropriate menus. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30115555 The Chinese don't care that their stuff is poisonous the Americans only care that their stuff is not too poisonous. It's different alright...so pick your poison, literally.

Why would you hurt your clientele? What would be the point? Make lots of money in the mean time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal I find it a bit ironic that people are talking about how awful the Chinese are for selling poisoned food when everywhere else in the world you have McDonalds.

I remember hating that game.

played some nina simone for a friend o' ours recent. she weren't impressed. "that guy can't sing." ... have mentioned previous in this thread how much we appreciate the talents o' nina simone http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/80512-music-must-go-on/?p=1810614 doesn't happen often, but the aforementioned criticism o' one o' favorite female vocalists rendered us speechless... and mortified. HA! Good Fun! Shady, I think that you have justifiable grounds for murder and I won't think less of you if you decide to kill this "friend" of yours. Unless of course they have repented and embraced the high priestess of Soul.

But but but... I don't get it... V is the roman numeral for five...I hate the world and everyone in it, say something good so that my faith in humanity is restored.

They didn't kill his dog though.

His signature is Lord of Lords, the only Lord we had around here was LoF. Who was notorious for elaborate troll posts, but seeing this low level bait makes me wish that its not him. How the mighty have fallen.

*bee's

I just tell her that she looks fat, and then I point out that there are no songs written about skinny girls but a bunch of great hits about big women. Then after singing a little of fat bottomed girls she is putty in my hands...or would be if I wasn't single.

The stupidity of that article is astounding.

So EU fearing a nationalist US will try to ally with Russia because they share some commonalities like geographic location? It is as likely as a Russia and the US coming together over the fight against ISIS and Russia mediating China-US relations, which would birth the most powerful political bloc on the planet. One world government here we go.

Space Hulk: Deathwing It's **** and i'm asking for a refund.

It's missing a "him" for that pun to be clear.

Is that a spanish proverb and is it true? Not a proverb, but yeah, it's true. In Spanish you'd say "se me ha caído" rather than "lo he dejado caer". Responsibility for falling is on the object in question, the damned thing, never on me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity I remember reading a study about how language creates culture, the based it on aboriginal tribes who had specific wording for cardinal directions and as a result they had better sense of direction. I can't help but feel that is true seeing as how we tend to be more forgiving and subtle than English speaking cultures that have more direct wordings.