Recent content by Baron von Awesome

Why not just take away all of our personal freedoms to insure that we have healthier longer lives? Get rid of drinking, high fat foods, video games, television, and other activities that support a heavily sedentary lifestyle. Why not make caffeine illegal? It's the most widely used drug in...

I hate to say it, but I'd probably send the hot chick/dude. The robot is needed to complete this extremely critical mission with the greatest likelihood of getting home. I assume the scientist and myself also have some importance in making sure the mission is achieved successfully. The alien is...

This isn't necessarily true. There are some cases where illegals get paid below minimum wage, but most situations I've been involved with they get paid more. In construction, I knew illegal immigrants that would pull off about $400 a week and this was back about five or six years ago when...

Yeah you can really see the dollar signs in Lucas' eyes when you meet the Ewoks. I'm not against the idea of a primitive society helping bring down the generator, but I'd rather see a more realistic society rather than a society of cute teddy bears bringing down armored Stormtroopers with...

Doesn't this kind of disprove your point for a moral reason for why you were allowed to become a citizen? You are technically no better than any other person in Russia because of your Jewish descent. It just happened to play out well for you in this circumstance. (Which is not to say there...

It's a very complicated issue. While the process of becoming a citizen is extremely complicated and in some cases almost impossible I think that it's almost more of a pragmatic decision on the part of the U.S. government than anything else. The developed world's wealth relies on the poverty of...

No kidding, when I went to school I paid the school about $20,000 a year, and that was after about $10,000 a year in grants and scholarships. There has to be something I'm not picking up here. Does it really only cost students in the UK like $4820 a year to attend school? If so, then this has...

Yeah I can't really say I'm too knowledgeable about who is the leading force behind this. I just saw some references about the Governator in regards to the whole thing that might have been taken out of context. You're right he probably doesn't really care that much about the issue with bigger...

I totally agree, but the point of what I was saying was how even government controlled organizations designed for the well-being of children can lead to abuse.

I normally consider myself a centrist when it comes to politics in America. I try to avoid buying into either side's propaganda, and usually find little reason to support any of the major candidates. However, what is really pissing me off is how politicians on both sides are starting to try and...

I'm going as Santa Claus. It's gonna be so fun to hand out candy.

Probably because you drank all the white ones.

I drink and have been able to enjoy almost everything in this wide world, but I still can't force myself to enjoy sake. I try and I try, but it all just tastes terrible to me. Do you have any favorites you could point me to, because as much as I want to enjoy it I just can't seem to find one I...

I actually prefer some of his movie reviews. Much less jokes about shit, and a much more engaging explanation.

I have kind of a neutral opinion on the Halo franchise. Not a huge fan, but I don't hate it for what it is. I feel like so many people hate it because of the popularity it achieved and the people that played it. I remember when I was in college I was asked so many times. "Hey, bra', wanna play...