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Why do you not think highly of Rand? I'm genuinely curious. First off, yes JFSOCC she was an athiest. That does not matter. Disliking someone because their religion or politics are different from yours makes no sense to me. It's like disliking someone because they cheer for a different sports team than you (unless they are Yankees fans, then it's ok ). Now to KP's point my problem is not so much with Rand as with Objectivisim. A purely objectivist society would literally eat itself. There has to be something of a social safety net. There has to be some limitations on capitalisim. I am a card carrying libertarain and I do firmly believe that minimizing government is necassary to maximize freedom. But cutting it back to nothing at all does anything but. A truely fair market is impossible to achive in a complete laissez faire economic system. There has to be ground rules and that requires a government to intervene and rein it in to a point. But it should be a silk leash, not the heavy iron chains we see today. Now my problem with the world today is that we have left that far behind. We are no longer concerned with ensuring equal opportunity so much as forcing equal outcome. The ulitmate result of this IS a loss of liberty. And the saddest part is people are voting their freedom away in every election cycle. Ahh, I think I understand. Your problem is with the philosophy itself, because it heavily encourages selfishness(not just in government action, but also in personal life) and discourages caring about others. Is that about right?

Why do you not think highly of Rand? I'm genuinely curious.

I actually prefer BG to BG2. 2E does not perform well at high levels(even though I love a good 'epic" level romp) and BG2 seemed to be lacking the sense of discovery that BG had in spades. YMMV I guess.

Just gave $110. Fell pretty damn good. Really want to get my hands on a Numenera rulebook now.

I think I just lost 10 Intelligence. But ya see, that part of ta bible just ain't true. Now, we Superchristian Conservatives take other parts of what we believe is God's word as literal fact, but there was a manual left for us so we know what parts to ignore. It was given to Thomas Jefferson when God came down and wrote the US Constitution.

Here. Here. And Here. Would also note that EVERY libertarian I have met has at least a small obsession with her, but I really don't have a way to showcase that evidence(other than go around interviewing every libertarian I have meant and putting that interview up on Youtube, but I'm a bit too lazy for that.).

Well according to Ayn Rand, poor people are souless parasites whose sole purpose in life is to drag down the superior creators. So I can see where the view comes from. Of course Ayn Rand was a dumbass who lived in a fantasy world.

Watched Spartacus: War of the Damned on a recommendation from a friend. Meh.

Well then, the speech works. Just remember to make sure everyone has had a bit to drink before you make it. Also, if anyone offers you Tacos de Tripitas for some reason, do not accept. It will not turn out well. As for what I did today: Made my girlfriend a nice dinner because she just finished midterms. She just passed out from exhaustion and is now hogging all the covers.

Raithe, is it more of a "formal" wedding or is it a bit relaxed?

Facepalm.jpg. Before posting nonsense try read "Capital" by Marx (or works by Lenin about this). True socialism is where no State exists. That would be Communism. Socialism is the stage before Communism, where the state still exists.

There is actually a book on "zombie economics"(economic theories that have been proven wrong but still keep coming back) that attempts to explain the phenomenon. I would link it, but can't remember the name.

Have the libertarians started whining about wealth redistribution yet?

I don't think he will. Oby correctly using "a" or "the" is not going to happen.

So the Kickstarter starts Wednesday. Awesome.

Hey you're the one that typed it. Don't blame me because you won't back it up. have you no eyes? I actually have two of them. I was poking fun at the way the volo responds to people, by using quotation marks without identifying the speaker. Using the volo method, it looks like someone is talking to themselves.

I just realized this was the Russia "tread". LOL. Is this supposed to be about tanks or something?

Hey you're the one that typed it. Don't blame me because you won't back it up.

I think you're confusing what people who hype austerity measures say and what austerity measures actually do. People who hype austerity proclaim that companies are too nervous about uncertainty, so they are not spending money and that by cutting programs, more people/businesses will suddenly invest/spend money. They typically use immeasurable variables in their arguments(like "confidence" and "uncertainty") and engage in a bit of fear-mongering to advance policies that do not work very well. What austerity does is reduce the amount of money the government is spending, which reduces the total amount of spending going on in the economy. Austerity is typically a good idea in years where the economy is doing well, where the scaling back of government spending will not have as large of an effect as it would in a situation where people/business were not spending very much(like right now). The problem with austerity measures in times like these is that there is no guarantee that people/business will start investing to make up for reduced government spending, and can result in higher unemployment and less total spending(and often does, if you look at the results of European austerity measures). So austerity is doing exactly what it is supposed to do, which is to slow the growth of an economy. It is not helping an economy grow, because that is the opposite of what it is designed to do.

You're the one who said "EA needs to die, the fill the market with a wave of crap and lower everyone's standards." and I agree. Are you unaware how to use the quote feature?

Did they at least do it in character? IMO, it is ok if they do that because that is what their character would do. However, if they were just being ****, that is another thing all together.

I'm glad you agree.

I don't think weapons need "perks", I think that attributes can just be applied in the statistics. For example, if a weapon is light, it has a higher base attack speed.

$10 says it is a kickstarter.

I wouldn't mind having different tools that are more/less effective depending on the type of lock, and that the AI for companions(or PC) will just use whichever one is equipped. While the player is in control of the PC, they can choose which set of tools will be used on the lock, which can lead to better results.