Recent content by Haagrum

So, as I understand your replies - (1) Any risk of serious threat justifies being armed, no matter how remote or unlikely it is to manifest. (2) Because there have been school shootings in the past, #1 justifies arming teachers or school staff. (2A) & (3) Only responsible people should...

Because, unlike children, banks, armoured trucks and the President are all high-value targets which a person may rationally want to attack? In response to the above (generally valid) points, I would offer the following questions: (1) Do you (or anyone else in the US, or elsewhere) feel as...

People always want to be able to explain the things they are afraid of. It's human nature to want to know why something occurred, and many people will transpose their existing prejudices and views into the matrix of events, seize on something which supports their understanding, and go with that...

Well-trolled, sir. /tips hat Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a visiting international friend who requires an armed escort through a leafy suburban park.

Usually, I go back to my sad routine of work, the gym, studying, cooking and spending time with interesting people. The horror! In all seriousness, I keep myself distracted however I can. The above all work well, although some are less pleasant than others.

To a degree, this can also mean "I wish I could just have a night out and relax, without having people sleaze onto me or try to get into my pants." That said, if someone's saying it while actively courting attention... well, it's hard to be sympathetic. Speaking for myself, it's never been a...

Okay, I'll bite.

I don't think we necessarily enjoy hating things. Personally, I know I don't care enough about a lot of stuff to actually hate it... and I'm an Australian, we're a nation of first-class whingers! (before any of my countrymen and women get annoyed - please read the news about the Olympics in...

Assuming I went back to age 15 or so... I think Past Me would think, "Hmm, you mean I have to wait THAT much longer until I'll be a lawyer?" Past Me would also want to know how the hell to talk to women, when he learns to cook, and why Present Me doesn't have a "frustration-at-self"-based...

I wouldn't call it cheese - or at least, not when you're dealing with... Then again, if you're using the Tactics mod or something similar, most boss fights get pretty hard even with cheese. Unless you decide to use the Project Image or Wish loop exploits, which are about as illegitimate...

I have only one statement for Overhaul Games and its promised product: "Stand and deliver, that my hamster might have a better look at you." Solo him with Protection From Magic Scroll plus Improved Mace of Disruption?

Hopefully, "Limbaugh's punishment must be more severe." ...and thus, at best, he's dredging up a ludicrous theory and propagating it when it's clearly BS and easily falsified. At worst, he's using the old "weasel words" method to put forward an idea (that everyone in the media is a lefty...

Seth from Street Fighter IV. Yeah, not too worried. I'm a corrupt corporate type, too... with no superhuman powers worth copying.

"Pulsating", because I'm sick of lackwit journalists misusing it describe a sporting contest. We'd just swap to "attorney", "solicitor" or "barrister", instead. [/lawyered... although we'd lose that one...] If you really wanted to screw with lawyers, at least in common law countries...

The final battle in Throne of Bhaal, with the full Ascension mod and Tactics installed. You more or less have to exploit every bug in the game available to win, as well as plan your entire battle around which characters you'll take, what stats you'll min-max at character creation (up to 3...