The Unofficial Official Chat Thread

One does not simply move to real political issues in the US.

Ignorance isn’t bliss. Ignorance gets people hurt every minute of every day. Don’t be ignorant. Learn as much as you can every day.

Is carbonation really something that people like? I mean, I just had the misfortune to drink a carbonated beverage without realizing it, and it was like having hundreds of tiny needles stuck in my mouth. I can still feel it, like a horrible aftertaste…

Does it slowly numb the inside of your mouth and kill your taste buds until you think it tastes good or what?!

I enjoy carbonation and considering I have liked it since I was a very small child I am going to assume it wasn’t an acquired taste.

Like any carbonated drink? I dislike carbonated water quite a bit but more because of how it tastes. The carbonation in soda doesn’t bother me at all. How have you gone through life not having drank a carbonated drink?

Although my first time trying it was at 10 years old when my grandma found out I was moving with my mom to ā€œAmericaā€ and let me have some Fanta orange and I love them ever since.

I always prefer sodas with real sugar, and not corn syrup. Theoretically a slight bit healthier, and I prefer the sodas without a horrible corn syrup aftertaste. Reed’s Ginger Brew is a very good ginger ale. Very refreshing to drink.

I hated the first time I tried it and every time since. I simply don’t drink it.

At restaurants, I usually have to order lemonade or something.

So I just got the Galaxy Note 2. I like it so far.

I have never tasted any soda with corn syrup. They don’t sell any in my country. Is it really that bad?

congrats! which phone did you have previously?

Fuck me, that stuff is good.

Yeah, despite how obsessed with video games I’ve been throughout my life, I maintain a fair bit of interest in being a connoisseur of soda. There’s like four or five different cane sugar root beers they sell by the bottle at a nearby grocery store, which absolutely delights the soda geek in me.

They also have Virgil’s Root Beer. Probably my favorite root beer ever.

An almost bricked Samsung Focus. I’m also never going back to Windows Phones. The OS itself is really well designed IMO, but some limitations are just stupid, like apps using eachother. That’s why Instagram wasn’t available, because it uses Facebook. And it’s just one example.

IMO Canada Dry > Any other ginger ale.

Canada Dry is amazing.

Canada Dry (at least in the US) has corn syrup in it though. Hence why I prefer Reed’s.

Every time you talk about your life in general I become less and less inclined to use mexico as my early retirement getaway.

I agree with this.

Either we get pussified Canada Dry here in the US, or you gentlemen have never tried Reed’s.

holy jezus the first hitman is frustrating

every time you die/fail you have to start the level from the start

i’ve tried this one at least 20 times, and it starts with a long-ass useless walk

I remember playing Hitman 1 and 2 at the time they came out and being mad about it being able to run so great because I had a Gateway all-in-one shitbox that was extremely picky in terms of software. I was even able to play max payne 1 and 2 on high but when I tried GTA 3/Vice city I got 1-3FPS with most of the textures black or missing, it could run Windows 98/ME/2000 but would always BSOD during XP install.

Does the first Hitman not have saves mid level? Pretty much everyone I’ve talked to agree that the first Hitman isn’t very good. I played a bit of it I think, it’s the one that starts with the Chinese restaurant and you have to carbomb some guy right?

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