Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 329

On October 19 2013 03:22 wei2coolman wrote:

I think of it more as a 401k, you'll be able to get the withdrawls when your in an retirement home.

Kids are emotional, mental, and physical investment as well.
why spend 30 minutes yelling at your kid cuz he didn't come home at time, when you can spend 15 minutes and save 15% on your car insurance?

You must not be Asian.

On October 19 2013 03:24 Requizen wrote:
The worst part about 40k as a hobby is that even though I play one army I still want to collect like 4 others -.-

I just want to buy a complete detachment of Lehman Russ tanks or a squad of Carnifexes. Those models OP.

On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:
What fantasy series should I read next?
I'd rather something that's finished.
Read and enjoyed stuff like:+ Show Spoiler +

On October 19 2013 03:25 Fusilero wrote:

I had that, I collected tau but I really wanted to get some imperial guard because they looked cool but so expensive man.

On October 19 2013 03:25 WaveofShadow wrote:

Trolling is trolling, but I'm interested in what you actually think.

On October 19 2013 03:25 Requizen wrote:


Try the Dresden Files series. The first few are a bit slow to some people, but it's a fantastic Urban Fantasy series with great main characters and a double dash of Noir/Pulp Mystery.

On October 19 2013 03:23 ComaDose wrote:
What fantasy series should I read next?
I'd rather something that's finished.
Read and enjoyed stuff like:+ Show Spoiler +

On October 19 2013 03:29 wei2coolman wrote:

Recent studies shown that couples without kids are happier than those with. :/
The investment bit is something that is sorta ingrained in Chinese culture. Kids give like 90% of their paychecks to their parents, and the parents still hand out allowances. The parents don't really spend the money, more so act like a savings account until the kids get married and start a family. Also, the kid/parent interaction vastly different between western and eastern culture, even recently China just passed a law where kids are REQUIRED by law to visit their parents at least twice a year. Kids supposed to take care of parental units until the parents die. As far as kids as "assets" go, it's a running gag in my family, that's why I find it funny.

On October 19 2013 03:31 ComaDose wrote:

Is book 15 going to be the last one?
not sure how I will feel about modern fantasy. (they have guns?)

On October 19 2013 03:26 Requizen wrote:

If I played IG I'd play a full mech army because their tanks and shit are the best, but goddamn it's like $50 per tank at least.

On October 19 2013 03:34 BlackPaladin wrote:
I'm doing accounting hw right now and come here and see this "kids are assests" shit. Omg wtf lol then like what am I, a stapler?

On October 19 2013 03:35 WaveofShadow wrote:

I follow this I suppose. I've definitely heard of the Chinese approach to taking care of your parents that you mentioned before---there may be some things that are a little bit unreasonable about it when compared to Western culture but I can certainly understand the rationale behind it, and think there are some things present in that rationale that are sorely missing in Western culture.
As far as 'recent studies,' I'm wondering what kind of illicit drugs the researchers performing this study were on when they though that particular study would be a good waste of public funding.
Of course couples without kids are going to be happier. It's not fucking rocket science:
Less responsibility, more free time/income---what did they need to fucking study?

On October 19 2013 03:37 ticklishmusic wrote:
Well there are many types of assets

Short term:
Cash
Inventory
Accounts Receivable
Short-term stocks
Pre paid expenses

Long term:
Property
Plant
Equipment
Bonds and stuff

You can argue that children are long term assets because you don't plan on converting them to cash in the next year/ business cycle.

EDIT: My mom texted me yesterday saying she wanted to go over my credit card statement, haha. I've kind of spent a lot recently though-- groceries, two birthday dinners, a guitar and pledge dues. It's technically my money I'm spending, but my parents did start paying for college this last semester (I ran out).

On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.

The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.'

On October 19 2013 03:43 BlackPaladin wrote:


Way past that, gg yo. But stapler = equipment!

On October 19 2013 03:43 WaveofShadow wrote:
Seriously though shit like 'studies mention' pisses me off because I'm sure there are studies that attempt to quantify 'happiness' in that way.

The fact that some researchers try to allude to the fact that all that matters to general happiness is how people spend their free time and how relaxed they are is serious horseshit. Yeah I'm more stressed now, yeah I get a lot less sleep and am much poorer, but I wouldn't trade the feeling I get when I hang out with him or sit and watch videos of him laughing/playing for hours at a time when I should be studying for anything.
Fuck 'studies.'

On October 19 2013 03:44 ticklishmusic wrote:


Upping my shitposting level
+ Show Spoiler +

On October 19 2013 03:45 wei2coolman wrote:

Well yeah, you could say the same about drug addiction...