The Metal Maniac

Hey, it's a fun game; but if people are dumb enough to pay 50 dollars for it, I'm in.

JESUS H. CHRIST. I have to get that back from my buddy. That's NUTS.

As far as I know, Wal-Mart doesn't drug test. And is Mega Man X3 really rare/expensive? I have that floating around...I think I got it for 10 bucks.

Not until they do inventory. Not really. They just put stickers on things coming in to show that the person came in with it. If you came in with the item in a bag, then they'd just put a sticker on the bag, not the item itself. And as far as I know, it only happened a small handful of times, and the cashiers KNEW they were doing it, but the managers are FUCKING PUSSIES. Seriously. The three words that will get you whatever you want at Wal-Mart: Get the Manager.

To the people doubting that this plan will work: I work at Wal-Mart. We take back things that we don't even SELL. We let people buy above-ground swimming pools in June, then return them in September. Hell, Christmas the year before last, people were taking DVD players off the shelves, and returning them. The only flaw in the plan is that Wal-Mart usually has better prices on games then most people.

Didn't Anthrax come right out and state that they weren't gonna change their name shortly after that whole bit? I know I saw pics of them wearing shirts that spelled out "WE ARE NOT CHANGING OUR NAME", and I thought it was shortly after; I could be wrong though,

Masato Tanaka powerboming Mike Awesome over the top rope, through a table. Mike landed pretty much soley on the back of his head and his shoulders, folded up like an accordion, then popped back to his normal shape. Brutal.

I think he's trying to say that pot doesn't make you think. I'd argue that it does make you think, but not about anything useful.

People don't choose to be gay. If people could choose whether to be gay or not, there'd be a lot less gay people. Seriously; why would you want to be gay, knowing how gay people are treated?

I've heard that Lucky Strikes "It's Toasted" slogan was/is pure BS, because most tobacco is toasted. I dunno how true that is, though.

It wasn't so much that I thought people should listen to Cannibal Corpse, as it was that I couldn't think of another death metal band at the moment.

Oh man, I'm on drugs right now. Took some acid at around 10-11 this morning. Sat around the house toking until it was time for the rumble. Haven't slept since Friday night, and I haven't eaten since saturday at 8, save for a bag of doritos. Oddly, I'm not really that hungry, but I'm making some food because I know I need to eat. I still haven't gotten both feet back on the ground from this acid. In-fucking-tense.

I think Sid used this one for a bit... From Anyplace He Damn Well Pleases. I like that though.

I have a friend who's like that. I fucking HATE it. I swear, he could listen to 7 albums in a row and never hear a full song. I never get bothered by people changing CD's in my car, because people don't normally. But one day a friend of mine played the first 30 seconds of one song on a CD he burned so many times that the other passenger very calmly took the CD out, and threw it out the window. It was comical.

Nova Scotia, Canada. Yeah. Ten dollars Canadian. I couldn't give you a fair comparison of how good the weed is, mostly because I've never had weed from anywhere else. All I know is that it's much better then the stuff in Ontario - or so the guy from Ontario said - and it gets me high. So I'm happy. I think it's partially because of the fact that Halifax is a port city, so they can get the stuff in there, then right out to the streets. But I dunno really. All I do know is that now, I'm REALLY glad to be Canadian.

Ok, honestly; outside of Elvenking and a little Iced Earth, what power metal bands do that?

I think that really kinda depends. I mean, I never pay more then 10 a gram, unless I get it from this one dude who sells 5 for 60 - but his shit is great, so it all works out. Anyway, I can't imagine the government would go much lower then that, especially when you factor in their taxes and the overhead of selling it and stuff. And if it was legal, it's possible the on-the-street price would drop. I dunno how much, but I wouldn't be at all shocked if some of that 20 dollars was just in there because one guy didn't wanna risk his neck for only (X) profit. But that's really just speculation; I don't think it'd be possible to find out what would happen with legal weed unless it was made legal. That would be nice. Exactly man, exactly. I mean, I know from personal experience that the only reason I ever did shrooms was because my dealer had some and I figured "what the hell?" I mean, I may have done them anyway, but having to go to a drug dealer just makes it more likely that you'll try other drugs. Yeah, but I don't think that means you can say "it's not a drug", mainly because saying that implies that it isn't harmful at all, which simply isn't true. I mean, I know it's much less harmful then other drugs, but inhaling smoke isn't healthy. I suppose you could just eat it, but still; I wouldn't say it's not a drug, because it still does mess with your head, and it does mess with your health. Maybe not a whole lot, but enough to be called a drug.

"Hey Rey! Put this back on. And drop that Jr. crap."

Now, do you mean in addition to whatever penalties their crime might carry, or that is all they should get? Because if you're high on coke and you shoot someone, I think you should go to jail first; then worry about rehab. Also, on pot taxes; I think that's one of the reasons that pot is still illegal. What I mean is, right now, you can still go out and buy pot, from a number of locations. If pot was suddenly made legal, there's no reason to assume that those places that were selling pot suddenly don't have anymore; they'd probably even be able to undercut the government on price, since the government has to deal with taxes and the overhead of running places and hiring people to sell pot. That, and dealers are probably more convienent (for some people). Why drive all the way to the legal pot, when your buddy down the street has some to sell? I think that's ONE of the reasons; if pot was legal, the government would not be able to control it as much as they would like. Personally, I think that is somewhat correct - but only because in order to get weed, you have to go to drug dealers, who could very well be selling other drugs. So when you go to get your weed, you're also exposed to coke, shrooms, acid; all kinds of stuff that you wouldn't run in to if pot was sold over the counter in places that didn't sell other drugs. And yes, it should be classified as a drug, because it can alter the way you behave/think, which, in my understanding, is what a drug is. I mean, isn't caffine a drug?

I understand that, but... Don't you think they could easily get away with selling an AIDS cure for $150,000, or something equally obscene? I mean sure, not everyone is gonna be able to afford it, but some will - the rest could just be treated as per normal, because, well, tough shit. Besides, that way, you don't need to worry that someone might die before they pay up enough; you get all their money at once. Or hell, they could set up a plan whereby you get the cure, then pay off the price of the cure for the next however many years it takes. Same thing, really, only this way they're not dying anymore, so they've got a ton of time to pay back the cash. I mean, I know money talks, but I really can't imagine that there's someone out there who's giving up a nobel prize, fame, fortune, and a guaranteed place in history just to squeeze a few more bucks out of some dying people. But that's just me.

How would they profit more by not telling people they had a cure? I mean, if they had an AIDS cure, they could sell it for a zillion dollars.

I've actually seen people describe their band like that. I only kinda made that up. I see where you're coming from, but it still annoys me sometimes; I suppose a few things together ain't bad, but when you're claiming to be about 7 different things at a time (which, again, I've actually seen people do) it gets pretty damned annoying.

I am, actually. I don't know that I could name any doom metal bands off the top of my head, but I do have an idea of how it works.

Death metal is very fast, very heavy, and most often employs growling vocals that remind some people of the cookie monster. Examples would be bands like Cannibal Corpse. Black metal is similar to Death Metal, except that it tends to be more...um...evil, I guess would be the word. I dunno, it sounds to me kinda like the bastard child of death and power metal, but a statement like that could get me killed. Anyway, black metal can employ keyboards and all other kinds of weirdness, and the vocalists tend to be somewhat different - as opposed to the growling of death metal, they have sort of a scratchy quality in their vocals. Examples would be bands like Immortal, or the One True Mayhem or whatever the fuck they are. I have no idea what goth-metal is. But Nu-metal is stuff like Slipknot; came out in the 90's, doesn't employ solos, and somehow all seems very generic. Anyway, that's the best I can do, since I don't listen to any of these genres; I think I'm close enough though. Anyway, what annoys ME is when people go on about genres as if they think that every single metal song ever released is the exact same. I'll grant that some people take it to the extreme, and describe bands with names like "power-thrash-death-speed-grindcore" which is just absurd. However, the simple fact is that a lot of heavy metal, even though it's all metal, sounds very different. So to only use the name "metal" is meaningless, especially when you're trying to describe some bands to people. If you don't believe me, go download a couple of metal tunes; compare Iron Maiden to Six Feet Under, or Judas Priest to Immortal. They don't all sound the same, and some different genre names are needed in order to clarify things.

If you have an interest in science fiction, try Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. Excellent book. The rest of the series is good too, though they're quite different then the original. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown is good as well. It's very similar to The Da Vinci Code, but I personally perfer Angels and Demons. It's a real page-turner once you get into it though, so it might not be the best for something to read before bed.