Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4713:5C5E:9431:844D:7572:51B2-20191003093825

Both are pretty bad. I know I would be all for it. Then again, in  the case of alocohl, it would likely have a lot less of a effect on people since you see people drinking alocohl everywhere. Smokers are very few compared to those. I've been on that website before but there were only four pages with Japanese magazines which also weren't what I was looking for (in my case, 80s anime/manga magazines at the time). Would the Torrent even include more than that? What do you mean with German ani-p2p companies? No one cares about something that isn't licensed here. I did get a letter once when I used emule after I finally got DSL. I was uploading/downloading some crappy anime. But well, I basically ignored it and nothing ever happened. Also, IPs aren't exactly proper evidence, so, eh. Uff, have fun with that. I really hated it. The guy that had the first controller (the birthday kid) switched to a Gamecube controller for the game and Smash. It was pretty unfair -.- I guess it depends on the topic. I was more thinking along the lines of: Someone insults you and you draw your weapon and shoot him. That would be one (extreme) example of unreasonable behavior. So that's where I'm coming from.

Well, you can turn wi-fi off in general. I basically never use it, so maybe they have added more options in the last...like 9 years. As someone that doesn't want to be tracked, that would be a good thing. I've disabled all the Google stuff anyway and can't even use Google Maps (even via the browser), even if I wanted to. For me, my phone is basically just calls, SMS, alarm clock, clock and a browser. If not for the latter, I would have a dumb phone. I really don't care about the camera or all the awful apps. Apart from Mana Khemia, I'm familar with the names at least. And the Atelier series is gigantic, I've just never played a single title. I think I have a Gunslinger Girls game and part B of a murder/detective game. It's just somewhere in my basement, together with a lot of other stuff I don't have the space for anymore, ever since I moved. Can't really comment on that. It was the generation where console became completely uninteresting to me. Sure, the PS2 and XBOX already had multiplatform games but the following generation had more and were way closer to PC games, just on a worse system (HDD, patches etc). They also started with the whole microtransaction thing there. Of course, the current generation is even worse in all those regards. But yeah, it was the first console generation that lost their advantage being unique and a console. At least it will get better over time, I'm sure of that. The main issue might be that the old people will mostly only be familiar with technology from 30 years ago, respective to their age. At some point, some people just fall out of the loop. But it will become better in that regard at least. And it definitely should when it comes to those presiding over technology issues.

I certainly won't doubt that, hehe. Diseases can be pretty useful though. They helped us keep the population of the earth under control. Overpopulation is a large issue that will definitely have to be addressed. It might not be here in Europe but in Africa or Asia. Also, globalization and all that has very negative effects on it. Usually, higher standards of living will result in less kids per family. However, when those kids leave the country instead of improving it, you will have tons of immigrants from there, without it naturally changing. This issue will become worse with all the climate changes. Personally, despite being super rational, I think there is some beauty in the nature of things. So I doubt I would enhance my abilities in some way. But well, the whole thing will create many, many issues as people like me would be at a heavy disadvantage. I would prefer smart robots instead that can help us. Despite people whining about internet in Germany, I think it's fine. Even the county I am from (sparsely populated) is getting way better internet. When I left my village, there were hybrid systems already in place (landline + LTE). Though, I must say, I'm not a fan of mobile internet (in general) and heavily prefer landlines instead. Specifically 5G, I would like them to test long-term consequences of that. Everything being connected and communicating with each other, it's not unlikely that is has some effect on us, not to mention animals, insects etc which are more susceptible to it. The thing is, if it's too late, it's too late. That's why you extensively test it beforehand. I also don't think we necessarily need autonomous driving and such. It's better if people actually pay attention. And yeah. small communities doing things on their own is always great. I think my village was also checking interesting from the population.

I wouldn't, because EA doesn't create good games without any bs attached and I don't need to play the game. Of course, the market helps with that attitudes. Plenty to play regardless. Well, in my case, it's way too complicated. But before all those complications, it basically was neutral. No idea if the mother = safety thing is right. I personally haven't experienced it and thinking of my siblings, I don't think they thought so either. Well, I guess it also always depends how the family is and what kind of role it plays in society and also which role a parent plays. After all, family here in Germany isn't anywhere near as tight-knit as...say...some former Soviet country or Asia. Hehe, hence my use of the word "somewhat". I personally don't think you need four people to beat one up. Two would be plently, unless the boy is pretty strong. Usually you would somewhat we able to tell how the situation is exactly and also gauge their motivation a bit. Well, that's obvious but apparently, we (Germany) can't have both uncensored at the same time. Meh, when it comes to those games, it's usually too reality-distorting. Since I'm generally interested in history, I do get annoyed when some countries spin things their own way (the US being the most obvious example but well, most media comes from them, so they are easily able to manipulate public opinion of past events).

What's "iDEAL"? I generally just use Paypal for online stuff and my CC for Japanese Amazon. That's basically it since even in Japan, they often accept Paypal. Once, I had to use "webmoney" to buy a premium membership for Nico² but even they changed to accepting Paypal. I think they actually even got rid of the other possibilities. No idea, maybe. Japan is also super inefficent. Extremely long work hours because people don't want to go before their managers but the productivity is near the bottom because they are super tired at the job and just do whatever. Of course, the people that actually work those hours are the ones that die from overwork.

Absolutely, since I don't think NoScript is such a bother (and I'm a lazy person myself). Additionally, you can just save it for next time, so you only have to deal with it once.

IIRC, I had one game that had a sticker which I tried to remove and which didn't work at all. Unlike the barcode, I left it there...but it already stretched the shrinkwrap, so I will rebuy it anyway. If I had to give some percentage, I would say that 20-25% of the Amazon stuff sold by third-party sellers is damaged in some way (warped, tearing etc) and the sellers didn't mention it in the comments. And still looking at all sellers: 5-10% have awful stickers/barcodes. So it's not that bad but it's certainly annoying when you get one. Hehe, EMS is super quick. The main issue here is that it always goes to the "local" customs office, regardless of whether there are customs papers attached etc. So I eventually switched away from that and just stick to small packages now. Those are almost as fast. Maybe not 4-5 days but around 7, when customs in Frankfurt is fast. Can, of course, also be way longer. No deliveries at all on Sunday here but everything apart from that is fine. Customs in Frankfurt do work on Sunday. If it moved again on Monday, shouldn't it already be there at this point? Like, if it leaves customs in Frankfurt on Sunday, I would usually get it on Monday.