Sevenout

I try to cut people a break if it is not late or if it's a weekend. If it's too late or too often I think it's acceptable to call the police. Especially in the case of the OPs mom. An older lady probably doesn't want to go over to some drunk kids' house and ask if they can quiet down. I've never actually had to call the cops, but I did come close once. Two drunk idiots were arguing in the courtyard of my apartment at 3am on a week day about which of them was going to drive their friend home (thumbs up for drunk driving). I had all my windows closed and could still hear every word they said from my 4th floor apartment. At that point I opened up the window and screamed that if they didn't shut the fuck up their friend would be going home in a squad car. That seemed to work.

@Icemo said:

I saw those at the grocery yesterday too and that got me thinking. To my understanding, Angry Birds branded products mainly attract children's attention. So did that company really think that there are enough adults to buy angry birds espresso since there can't be any kids that want to drink espresso. And if I was a parent I wouldn't even let my child drink espresso.

You'd be surprised how many older people like that game. My parents LOVE Angry Birds. In fact their iPad is pretty much an Angry Birds machine. I could absolutely see my folks picking this up at the store as a joke. It may be a joke purchase but Rovio is laughing all the way to the bank.

I got the arm chopped off- even though I figured it wouldn't really change the game, I guess it felt dramatic?

Didn't lose my temper with Kenny- We got along pretty alright, so I didn't see why it should come to blows now.

Didn't give up my weapon- Figured I could bluff him, and it worked.

Didn't kill the stranger- Though not for lack of trying. If I had known I could have choked him out by continuing to mash on the A button, I would have.

Had Clem walk away- Having to do something like that at nine years old is what turns people into psychopaths. And I'd be damned if I was going to go out turning Clem into Lilly 2.0

The only thing that didn't jive with me was the stranger being the station wagon guy. That seemed really far fetched. We took a train to Savannah, how the hell did he beat us there? Are we supposed to believe he made it by car faster than we did on a train? With the conditions we've seen the roads in? When he was trying to guilt trip me on my choices I felt fully justified in every decision I made. I'm sorry his family died, but if you have to abandon your car in between the bandit infested woods and the murder farm then maybe you should at least take your keys with you.

It's a testament to this game that I have enjoyed it this much and I don't even care for zombies. Can't wait to comfort myself with turkey after this game rips my heart out.

@LikeaSsur: I'm sure that's a conversation that comes up a lot. And to the degree that you would have to ask someone (assuming you are not color blind) about shades you would still need someone with an artistic background to give any kind of meaningful answer. Particularly since the article you cited stated that only about 40% of women have this ability and it seems to be limited to the red-orange spectrum. I agree that on average men are stronger than women, but I think saying that you would always ask a woman about colors first because less than half of them may see one color spectrum slightly better is a bit of a stretch. It sounds more like you are trying to shoehorn genetic differences into a series of real life applications that don't really fit. Is it a difference yes, does it have any real life application, no not really. Does it warrant giving women preference in this instance, only 40% of the time and only if your asking about red.

@LikeaSsur said:

@Sevenout said:

@LikeaSsur said:

@Sevenout: Uh.....okay? I have no idea where I said I would ask women which colors would go with which, but thanks for the reply, I guess?

"I'm going to ask a woman for her opinion on colors." I would think this means her opinion on color coordination or preference and not simply "Do you think this is red or purple?" which any human being could reasonably tell you. And if you are speaking of sussing out slight shade differences (which, who would ever need to ask about that) you are still better off asking someone with artistic training than a random woman.

Look at my post above yours. Yeah, I'm sure asking a trained artist is better, just as hiring movers to move things is better than getting my friends to do it.

But I don't know any artists that are readily available to help me paint my bedroom walls or tile my bathroom, and I'm not about to pay the absurd amount of money for movers.

You are missing my point which is that you are making a logical fallacy regardless of sexism. Being able to see more colors has nothing to do with taste, which is what you are asking about if you want opinions on what color to paint a room. You are assuming women have a better taste in colors because they are able to see a greater spectrum. There is just no logical connection there. Hence, teenagers can hear a greater spectrum of noise but that does not make them better music critics. It just doesn't make sense.

Unless you are going off of the idea that women in general are just more fashionable, which has nothing to do with seeing a greater visual spectrum.

@LikeaSsur said:

@Sevenout: Uh.....okay? I have no idea where I said I would ask women which colors would go with which, but thanks for the reply, I guess?

"I'm going to ask a woman for her opinion on colors." I would think this means her opinion on color coordination or preference and not simply "Do you think this is red or purple?" which any human being could reasonably tell you. And if you are speaking of sussing out slight shade differences (which, who would ever need to ask about that) you are still better off asking someone with artistic training than a random woman.

@LikeaSsur: You do know that seeing more colors doesn't mean you have fashion sense aka "know what colors go together." Teenagers can hear more tones than adults but that doesn't mean I intrinsically trust their tastes in music. Understanding fashion/design/art-stuff isn't inherent to just women. Anyone can be creative. If you only ask women about complimentary colors, you are only going to get a correct answer about half the time. You should look for someone who is good at art, not just the nearest female.

@Brodehouse said:

@mordukai ??? Growing trend? It's like the way it's been forever. We got people mad when reviews go up early, people mad when reviews come out on time, and people mad when reviews are late (or not at all). I think people should just get less mad in general.

You sir, are asking an awful lot of the internet.

I'm sure it was just a tight embargo and we will see reviews coming in shortly. One of those things I never understood was the need for early/immediate reviews. Sure they are nice to have, but if you are unsure about a game purchase just wait a few days till all the reviews come in and then make your decision. You don't have to buy games the SECOND they come out. And yes I know that historically publishers would embargo till release day if they thought the game would get poor reviews, but this is increasingly not the case. It seems that is becoming more of the standard to say the reviews go up when the games come out. Personally I don't have any problem with that.

@johnaze said:

Return to Oz.

This especially freaked me out as a kid:

That's because that movie was freaky as hell. It's really only barely appropriate for young kids. It didn't scare me per se, but definitely made be feel uneasy. To this day my parents still talk about what a messed up movie that was (I'm 28).