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Don't sweat the small stuff, BVC. People broadcasting that they are ignoring someone is just the electronic equivalent of storming out of a room and slamming the door.

In the US, if the employee earns tips then the employer is not bound to pay the Federal minimum wage. For example, my daughter is getting of the age to work and looking into a local restaurant shows that they pay ~$3.75/hour and the rest of the employee income is dependent on the customers tips.

A lot has to do with the cost of living in your area. $15/hour in CA or NY may be reasonable but its not in less expensive locales. Im curious to see if it drives independant vendors out of business.

It will be interesting to see what, if any, fallout occurs from the recent minimum wage increases. Four consequences of a $15 minimum wage.

Of course.

So, in Civil War:

Lets leave racism off the table for a second, it just poisons the conversation. Surly BVC you can mentally separate the difference between the actions of a state government and the day to day citizens? That they eat a certain animal during a festival that we happen to domesticate is immaterial and just an affront to your personal tastes. Would you hate me if I told you that I'm pretty sure I ate monkey meat while on liberty in the Philippine's? It was delicious. Taste kinda like bbq pork.

Maybe hes trying to equate effort with success? Some people/ideas just suck.

^I think Bendu is playing MP and those are other players.

If they are only profiting to the tune of 11 million a year, the Koch Brothers have bigger problems. I assume that's supposed to be Billion?

Nope, never played it. So how is it used in-game? Lets say I find a moldy tome deep in some forgotten dungeon and I open it to find....that language above. Do you guys really sit there and translate word for word what the language is saying? I cant see myself ever doing that, but I don't get as "immersed" as a lot of others.

The US income tax is already set up on a sliding scale where the poorest pay the least. But I do agree that a lot of loopholes and exemptions should be closed. US tax brackets.

“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” ― Winston S. Churchill Property is super expensive in CA. Even combined with his wifes presumed 6-figure income, it could be tough.

Youre next, Canada.

Yes BVC, that term is considered disparaging to Austrailian Aboriginie. Please refrain. What is even going on with the rest of this weird non-conversation? Out with it already! Is Sweden on fire or something?

I prefer direct sunlight and a cloudless blue sky in the mid to lower 80's. Meanwhile I live in IL. I dont mind the cold so much but snow can go straight to hell. I took my car in for emissions testing and got my plate stiker renewed. Then took my daughter to see Civil War in 3D and it was pretty entertaining. I wasnt even aggravated by the 2h 26m runtime so it did something right.

Hey, if you can pull it off... Me? Im too old to be running after 20-somethings.

Interesting. What is to be gained by creating a fictional language for PoE?

The length of the game doesn't bother me. Its more a case of every time I think about playing one of them I feel like I'm going to get buried under an avalanche of choices and learning curves. Then I go fire up D3 or Grim Dawn and giggle as I splode mooks. Having never played a single Paradox title, and seeing you guys talk about their other titles, also discourages me a bit.

Im really tempted to buy Stellaris but I know deep down inside it will join Endless Space, Galactic Civ I & II, Homeworld Remastered and Sins of a Solar Empire in my Steam libray of unplayed games.

US missile defense site opens in Romania; Russia cries foul.

The Stellaris nova edition states: So is that just like it says on the tin, only cosmetic? Meaning this race doesn't offer any species advantages/disadvantages like I assume the other base in-game species do?

1,284 new planets: Kepler mission announces largest collection ever discovered.

I cant even run and dribble at the same time. I guess thats how I earned the nickname "that dude is travelling like a mo-fo".