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Quote from: Xantalos on November 04, 2013, 07:16:45 pm

A transhumanism thread? I'm camping here.

You shouldn't be so cheery about it. This is step one to becoming a Mythos-tier species.

Said like we aren't already one to every other living thing we've encountered.

On the other hand, most people don't suspect the Department of agriculture of shady business.

"Most" would be pretty accurate, sure. There's some pretty scuzzy shit going on with agriculture in the states, though. Fairly serious corruption in a number of areas, lots of nasty crap.

S'a bit of a shame that even when stuff actually ends up public/visibly breaking it doesn't stay in the public mind for very long. More people aware of it might actually bring some positive change about

Maybe it's part of the whole food-disconnect thing (not really knowing how/where/etc. your food comes from/about) that happens nowadays? You'd think people would be more concerned about the most vital of logistics but...

Not to say I'm much better, of course, ha. Even among those somewhat concerned it just doesn't seem to be a priority. Which is... odd, thinking on it.

Eh, it'll probably shift over to other low income/few-to-no possibilities groups in due time. S'definitely the main reason I've seen that rural kids enlist (and yeah, I'm a rural kid, that's gone to by-and-large rural schools, so I've kinda' been surrounded by them), after all*. Money and training (paid for school, etc.). Not sure why the rest of the country's poor hasn't cottoned on to the moneybag, but I can only imagine it'll happen sooner or later, especially if recruitment efforts start preying focusing on 'em.

*I mean, the patriotism or whatever is there, I guess, but it's definitely not been what I've heard as reason #1.

... huh. Folks are actually considering standard lane meta (I think?) for 1v1s? Most of the reasoning behind it isn't there if you're sans team and (I guess?) sans objectives, right? I mean, I'm not considering anything, but...

Only reason I didn't just flat random for the matches I had 'gainst charmander is that I'm even more terrible with half the champs I've got access to than a particular few of them

M'not even trying to guess at champion choice, m'self. My ban picks vs char was "Press random three times. Those ones."

Probably! Woke up around 11 am GMT -6, don't expect to take a nap before... whenever. Should be good for a stomping

Odd... it does look like Spring isn't on the list. It should be noted to anyone browsing that Zero-K is a Spring engine game, one of quite a few, and fairly derivative (albeit not in a bad way) of the Total Annihilation style many of them follow. Worth checking out, but it's less a stand-alone thing than it is a mod for a larger piece of software.

No history record of mental illness*, no felonies (misdemeanors are fine, though, iirc.), should a background check be done. Is generally what I've seen, I think, for general firearm stuff. Was what was on the papers to be sent in for the concealed carry background check, anyway, which is currently as far back as I can remember.

Mind you -- there's nothing else. They don't, like, check for mental illness (just record thereof), or any warning signs or whathaveyou. Just any administrative records. Crazy as a goddamn bedbug and yelling at the moon every monday night, having years of struggle with not-officially-diagnosed PTSD or whatever... eh. Not on the books, have your hundred yard death dealer.

Incidentally, I've known more than a few people that have avoided mental health assistance for basically that exact reason, keeping an official record of it from existing. Not necessarily for the purpose of gun ownership, but yeah.

*Though this isn't absolute, I don't believe. Either that or their records aren't very good and one of the people I know, who's had a long and storied history of prescribed psychoactives for various reasons, lied on their concealed carry papers. Also possible!

... mog has a good point. I'd refrain unless I was aware of the local commerce laws regarding the substance. Then...

... then it would probably depend on if I currently had enough of an income to have to file taxes, because I honestly would rather not have that sort of transaction on the record, y'know?

Otherwise, as others said. Squick aside, a hundred bucks is food for the better part of a month, if not more. An unfortunate but easy decision.