PillClinton

As a born and raised American who ardently abstains from the standard culinary fare of my home country and exercises regularly, despite having been quite the opposite for most of my earlier life, and eventually becoming a bit overweight, yes, you are absolutely correct. It's just a sad truth that the majority (that's more than 50%, but probably more like 60 to even 70%) of my fellow countrymen that I see out in the world carry more than a healthy amount of excess body fat. And forget skinny; even a healthy, fit person is somewhat of a rarity!

It's definitely the diet, mostly, obviously compounded by the (increasingly) sedentary lifestyle. I used to partake in that destructive, regressive, self-sabotaging lifestyle, but I'm genuinely proud to say that I woke the fuck up, and I see more people doing the same all the time. I have hope, then, that this is just a cultural rough spot for American culture resulting from the tremendous power gained in the last half century by Big Agriculture, subsidized by the government, and the prevalence of grains (specifically, wheat and corn, corn-derived sugar, and exclusively corn fed beef) in the standard diet. Obesity is an epidemic here, and it's a result of the wide availability and ease of access of poor food choices, and lack of nutritional education.

Only eat grass-fed beef, people, don't drink soda, don't eat mass produced "snack" foods, cut down on grain consumption, and get, like, 30 fucking minutes of exercise 2 or 3 times a week.

Yup, same here, just started a couple days ago and also chose Doug. He helped me out with my brother and the pharmacy and stuff. I couldn't have just let him die.

@Grissefar said:

He has really come a long way, man. In fact, he did better than even Ryan Davis in his Top 10 performance, although as we all know Ryan is no stranger to awkwardness *cough* 2008 bonus round *cough* Ha ! Ha !

Well, this took a little digging (context):

It seems like Brad gets the most threads about him of all the staff. Why is that?

Also, I'll always be sure to post in them.

@Animasta said:

I don't think dark souls is going to get any cheaper... god now I need to find someone to unload all of my TF2 stuff for it D:

If you're talking about $20 Dark Souls on Steam, it's only $15 on Amazon. You just get a Steam code for it too.

@HaroldoNVU said:

Just got Lego: Lord of the Rings on Amazon $7.50 for a friend, she got me the same game for my birthday but now she saw and read The Hobbit and is all excited about dwarfs and stuff.

Does anybody knows if those $5 credits amazon is giving can all be used towards the same purchase? Because I must have like 4 or 5 codes to use in January and I'm kinda hoping I can a game for very little or free instead of buying a lot of stuff with $5 discounts.

Edit: btw, I really miss the gold medal under my avatar. Need to subscribe after I pay for all this.

I think there're two kinds. I've gotten a bunch of general $5 credits for their January deals thing, which I think will stack and allow multiple codes on one purchase. But the other promotional credits I'm getting are publisher specific dealios and clearly say, "Limit 1 coupon redemption per customer," and are for xmas day only. So go get Far Cry 3 for $45 I guess...?

@Godlyawesomeguy said:

@Icemael said:

I gotta ask, how much does a simple visit to the doctor to get something checked cost in the US?

My brother just had a doctor's appointment this morning for what is suspected to be an infected ear, and there was a thirty dollar co-pay on that one appointment. Anecdotal, I know, but it may give you some sense of the out of pocket cost for a simple appointment.

That's with insurance, though. Without insurance, it's a lot different. Just how much, I don't know, 'cause thank fucking goodness I have insurance living in the US.

@JeanLuc said:

I'm really hoping Kingdoms of Amalur goes on sale. I really want to play it, but $60 seems like to much.

It's $12 over at Gamefly. Origin version though.

The simple notion that there are just too many guns that bad people won't relinquish, and that we have to arm law-abiding citizens to defend themselves from the inevitable, seems like nothing more than just admitting defeat. Or it's all completely selfish "don't take my guns away 'cause I like them too much," veiled in a false pragmatic (and proud) lack of idealism, in the same way muscle car and truck enthusiasts vehemently deny their impact on the finite and dwindling resource of petroleum and the environment because they don't want to give up what they've grown accustomed to and enjoy, regardless of its irresponsibility.

Omelette if I have time to cook (I like to fill it with lots of other shit), hard boiled for on the go.

@WarlockEngineerMoreDakka said:

@FritzDude said:

I don't know. I was kind of hoping Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Ultimate would be on sale. I would like to play it on the PC With all the released content.

Kingdoms of Amalur unfortunately is most likely never EVER going to see a Steam sale.

The reason is the only ones who could authorize such a sale was 38 Studios- and as we all know, they are long gone. So there is no one to authorize Steam sales- let alone authorize price drops. (Which is why Amalur is still $60 on steam, whereas just about everywhere else its base is now $40 from what I've seen)

Just about everywhere else, EA can authorize sales for Amalur. Given that detail- it should be obvious why Amalur will never see a Steam sale. :P

KoA Complete Bundle is $12 on Amazon right now. Be warned, it of course has Origin DRM, if you're opposed to that or anything.