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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On December 03 2013 23:53 Cixah wrote: By no means have I fizzled out, Moving takes a lot of time D:. I still have my Pally Write up to do, and I have an Ihearthu article I've been putting off, plus I might be on Turn 2 Again, schedule permitting. <3 Pally is my favorite class conceptually so far so TEACH MOAR PLS | ||
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
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caelym
United States6421 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
http://ihearthu.com/forums/topic/61-cixahs-miniatures-formerly-the-divine-primer/ Updated :D | ||
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:19 caelym wrote: So I had to take a sick day because of a really bad cold. What food is good to eat beside chicken noodle soup? These are the days where I go full-on child comfort food. PB&J, Saltines, Ginger ale, bananas. On December 04 2013 00:20 Cixah wrote: See you bug me enough and I do something X_X. http://ihearthu.com/forums/topic/61-cixahs-miniatures-formerly-the-divine-primer/ Updated :D No Sylvanas, wat a noob pls + Show Spoiler + lol idk anything about HS meta | ||
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phyvo
United States5635 Posts
On December 03 2013 23:15 Shikyo wrote: Don't you get the idea behind that? People can play lottery with 10 euros a week. It really doesn't affect their wellbeing in any way - You can think of it as a weekly payment for having an exciting saturday while seeing the drafts on the TV. However, if you win, your entire life will change, completely. There's a chance for that to happen. It might be your only chance of ever becoming a millionaire. While the expectation is negative, the potential reward is there. Obviously if you want to have every skin in the game you could use mystery gifts to get them all. Whether or not it affects their well-being does not affect whether it is a bad use of money, only the extent to which it is bad. The chances of winning the lottery are so low they are not statistically significant even over the course of your lifetime. You know what that means? It means looking at the winning situation to justify buying the ticket is as scientifically irrational as it gets because you will, quite simply, never be the winner. The potential to change your life for the better is alluring but that's all part of the illusion of gambling. In the end the money you spend on it is still money you're not spending somewhere else: $10/week in the US is still enough to pay for a whole dinner date every month at a nice restaurant. I'd take that over an excuse to watch a TV show when there are other shows that don't need excuses and so don't cost anything extra. | ||
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Nos-
Canada12016 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
when you go to a casino, you're not paying to try to amke money, you're paying to enjoy the experience | ||
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Scip
Czech Republic11293 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:33 Nos- wrote: Damn guys let people spend their money it doesn't affect you in any way what does that have anything to do with discussing whether lotteries are worth or not worth? | ||
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BlackPaladin
United States9316 Posts
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onlywonderboy
United States23745 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35162 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:36 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: for 99.9% of people, you're not gambling to make money, you're spending the money for the experience of excitement and tension and whatnot when you go to a casino, you're not paying to try to amke money, you're paying to enjoy the experience Dingdingding, we have a winner! | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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Nos-
Canada12016 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:38 Scip wrote: what does that have anything to do with discussing whether lotteries are worth or not worth? This whole thing started because Shikyo doesn't understand why people would spend money on random skins | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
On December 03 2013 22:50 Nos- wrote: I always hate those exams that are worth like 50% and the prof makes it unbelievably hard so he can curve but doesn't tell you about it. And the entire class just shits themselves cause no one feels good after writing one of those. When the Chinese international students are butthurt about a math final you know something's wrong. You're basically talking about my Game Theory class, except the entire class is like that. I think I have like a 45% or something in terms of "real" grade points or something, and I (think) I'm doing alright in the class. I have no fucking clue how he's curving everything. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35162 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:44 Lord Tolkien wrote: You're basically talking about my Game Theory class, except the entire class is like that. I think I have like a 45% or something in terms of "real" grade points or something, and I (think) I'm doing alright in the class. I have no fucking clue how he's curving everything. With a dartboard. | ||
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JonGalt
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
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BlackPaladin
United States9316 Posts
I always heard these stories of huge curves and I'd always be like "WHY CAN'T I GET THAT." My one friend had a class where the class average was a 32. Legit. He ended the class with a high B without ever getting higher than a 45 on a test. | ||
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Nos-
Canada12016 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:48 BlackPaladin wrote: I never had a teacher curve our grades. Ever. The closest thing to a curve is dropping the lowest couple of grades (like my accounting class we take 13 chapter quizzes and only 10 count), or the final replaces the lowest grade too or something, but never a real curve like "lets add 40 points to the mean." I always heard these stories of huge curves and I'd always be like "WHY CAN'T I GET THAT." My one friend had a class where the class average was a 32. Legit. He ended the class with a high B without ever getting higher than a 45 on a test. You don't want to have it curved, I literally felt like I learned nothing in that class even though I got around an 80. My prof curved by rooting your grade then multiplying it by 10. So you only needed a 25% in the end to pass. He ended up making the exam ridiculously difficult because of this, and I didn't know how to do a single question on the entire thing. | ||
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it's literally 35% of my grade.
