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[bwoc]

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As a perscriptive linguist, if I feel that the irish dialect is the correct way to speak english, am I obligated to speak with that dialect?

Hi everybody, long time no see.

Do you know what I hate?  I hate World of Warcraft.  I hate FFXI as well.  Videogame Addiction  There are better uses of your time.  These things include:

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[m4ry73]

I must agree. I recently lost a friend to the scary world of WoW, and she now has an "online boyfriend" who lives in Scotland. She never leaves her room and doesn't ever do any schoolwork. In fact we have a paper due today that I was up till 4AM writing, and at that time she hadn't even started, because she was playing WoW. I have never actually played this game, but her sad little existence is enough deterrent for me.

MMORPGs are stupid.

[saiyajingoddess]

Don't blame the game for the person's mistakes. That's like blaming gun companies for murders. There's nothing in WoW that forces you to play. It's a choice.

[bwoc]

Because if the addictive nature of videogames I'd say a better analogy would be blaming cigarettes for people getting lung cancer.

[saiyajingoddess]

That's like saying movies are addictive, because some people choose to watch them all day instead of doing things they should be doing. You choose to play the video game, you choose when and where. Tell me, do you know anyone who's been physically hurt by a video game? If the effects are mental, it's the person's fault and not the video game's. Blaming not being able to log off on the game is looking for an excuse. You are responsible for your own life, when you log on, when you log off, when you do other things. Not the video game. It's called free will.

[ecto_plasm]

HAHAHAHAHAAHA "I was strung out on video games for weeks on end!" "When the infection spread, video games took my left hand!" "I lost my house to my invreasing videogame habit!" "I used to snort videogames off of hotel toilet seats!" HAHAHAAHAHAHA

Lots of things produce dopamine by the way, so just because something produces a lot of a neurotransmitter doesn't make it addictive. Any time you feel good, dopamine is likely to be floating around somewhere in your brain. Dopamine is the killer! Sex produces dopamine, so you should stay away from sex too. You, Mike, are a sex addict, I bet you think about it all the time. Probably even every seven seconds, even if you quit now, the urges won't stop. What happens when you can't get your fix? People sometimes stoop so low as con-jobs, manipulation, or even just getting someone drunk at a party, just to get their fix! It's a disease! It causes you to do things you normally wouldn't do! It will make you a monster!
/end sarcasm

[bwoc]

<3

I'm sorry you aren't having a good time in analysis? What kind of analysis is it? real?

[m4ry73]

yes. And I suck at it.

OTOH, I rock at Topology, which makes up for it to some degree.

[m4ry73]

I suppose I should say multivariate real analysis. Single variable analysis is not that hard.