The Small Rants Thread, Continued...

[X-Codes]

The PS3 is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

[Nanshork]

Why is it so god damned hard to find a good used car for less than six-thousand dollars?

[Sinfire Titan]

Why is it so god damned hard to find a good used car for less than six-thousand dollars?

Because people know that bringing it to a dealership will get them significantly less cash than if they sold it themselves.

Cars are like furniture in resale value. When I was working at the billiard shop, we would often get customers who wanted to sell their table at close-to its original price, only to be disappointed when we wouldn't buy it. They thought that a used table would be worth the $1,500+ they originally payed for it (and then there were the idiots who bought the wooden tables and tried to sell them to us as slate tables; wooden tables are worth less than $50 in resale). They were very disgruntled when our competitors agreed with our decision.

[SneeR]

The PS3 is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

When they took out backwards compatability, I was forced to agree with you somewhat. What am I to do with my scores of PS2 games if my old PS3 model dies? Well, dang it.

[archangel.arcanis]

The PS3 is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

When they took out backwards compatability, I was forced to agree with you somewhat. What am I to do with my scores of PS2 games if my old PS3 model dies? Well, dang it.

PS4 is expected next year. PS3 is 5 years old so its hardware is starting to struggle with newer games that demand more of it. The backward compatibility issue was that they changed video card manufacturers and both of their solutions (extra card in the box and software emulation of the old card) weren't feasible.

[SneeR]

The PS3 is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

When they took out backwards compatability, I was forced to agree with you somewhat. What am I to do with my scores of PS2 games if my old PS3 model dies? Well, dang it.

PS4 is expected next year. PS3 is 5 years old so its hardware is starting to struggle with newer games that demand more of it. The backward compatibility issue was that they changed video card manufacturers and both of their solutions (extra card in the box and software emulation of the old card) weren't feasible.

Feasible or not, I have no PS2, since it died, and if my PS3 joins it in dead console heaven, I will have hundreds of dollars of plastic doing me no good without backwards compatability, because dang if I'm going to buy a PS2 now that I've grown used to the PS3 pumping up the PS2-game graphics!

[RobbyPants]

Why is it so god damned hard to find a good used car for less than six-thousand dollars?

You probably have to shop around privately for a good deal, and that, of course, exposes you to more risk.

My wife got pretty lucky and found a fairly solid car for $4k. She's been driving it for about three years with no major repairs. It was ten years old when she got it.

[archangel.arcanis]

The PS3 is, for all intents and purposes, dead.

When they took out backwards compatability, I was forced to agree with you somewhat. What am I to do with my scores of PS2 games if my old PS3 model dies? Well, dang it.

PS4 is expected next year. PS3 is 5 years old so its hardware is starting to struggle with newer games that demand more of it. The backward compatibility issue was that they changed video card manufacturers and both of their solutions (extra card in the box and software emulation of the old card) weren't feasible.

Feasible or not, I have no PS2, since it died, and if my PS3 joins it in dead console heaven, I will have hundreds of dollars of plastic doing me no good without backwards compatability, because dang if I'm going to buy a PS2 now that I've grown used to the PS3 pumping up the PS2-game graphics!

if you have a decent computer: http://pcsx2.net/ is a ps2 emulator project. If your computer has bluetooth you should be able to connect a ps3 remote to it.

[Nanshork]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

[Basket Burner]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

You have been told by her, or you have been told by someone else that was told by her?

[Nanshork]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

You have been told by her, or you have been told by someone else that was told by her?

Told by her.

[archangel.arcanis]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

You have been told by her, or you have been told by someone else that was told by her?

Told by her.

Well she has to have some level of attraction to you if she thinks she will have sex with you. You have to seriously tell her you won't agree to it, and be able to actually say no when she propositions you. Or you just can't hang out with her in a situation where you two are alone. Not to make disparaging comments about someone I don't know, but she has issues if she can't control herself enough to not have sex with you because she is in the mood.

[Basket Burner]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

You have been told by her, or you have been told by someone else that was told by her?

Told by her.

If someone else had told you that means the woman has problems being direct, which means she's probably just toying with you. Since she said it herself it is a little less of a problem, but still these are not the sorts of things that just happen randomly. Either she is just toying with you anyways, or she isn't entirely stable. Or both.

[X-Codes]

I'm not one to have sex for the fuck of it, so thankfully I'm spared such challenges.

[bhu]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

You have been told by her, or you have been told by someone else that was told by her?

Told by her.

If someone else had told you that means the woman has problems being direct, which means she's probably just toying with you. Since she said it herself it is a little less of a problem, but still these are not the sorts of things that just happen randomly. Either she is just toying with you anyways, or she isn't entirely stable. Or both.

Or there is the random possibility she's a sex addict, which isn't nearly as attractive an option as people think

assuming sex addiction is real as opposed to simply having a very high drive theres a lot of squabbling over that

 I'd go with BB and the others, dont get involved with her physically

[Nanshork]

I have a female friend that I am attracted to me.  We talked about it, and I was informed that she doesn't see me like that and isn't attracted to me.  We both came away from that situation just fine, still friends.  Now I've been told that she's concerned about hanging out with me alone because she might break down and have sex with me if she's randomly in the mood for sex.   

You have been told by her, or you have been told by someone else that was told by her?

Told by her.

If someone else had told you that means the woman has problems being direct, which means she's probably just toying with you. Since she said it herself it is a little less of a problem, but still these are not the sorts of things that just happen randomly. Either she is just toying with you anyways, or she isn't entirely stable. Or both.

Or there is the random possibility she's a sex addict, which isn't nearly as attractive an option as people think

assuming sex addiction is real as opposed to simply having a very high drive theres a lot of squabbling over that

 I'd go with BB and the others, dont get involved with her physically

Given my conversations with her, you're right.  She is a sex addict, one who's trying to reform (but having a lot of problems changing her life).

The thing is, she's hot and I haven't had sex in a looooooooooooong time.  I also don't want a relationship with her, just friendship and sex.  Which I shouldn't have because of her personality/issues.

I am a bad man.   

[Mooncrow]

If you really need sex that badly, go pay for a hooker - yeah it's still a bad idea, and there's risk involved, but it's better than the near 100% certainty of disaster that hooking up with a girl like that brings

[Libertad]

If you really need sex that badly, go pay for a hooker - yeah it's still a bad idea, and there's risk involved, but it's better than the near 100% certainty of disaster that hooking up with a girl like that brings

If you live in the US, then prostitution's legal in certain districts of Nevada.  Just sayin'.

[Nanshork]

If you really need sex that badly, go pay for a hooker - yeah it's still a bad idea, and there's risk involved, but it's better than the near 100% certainty of disaster that hooking up with a girl like that brings

If you live in the US, then prostitution's legal in certain districts of Nevada.  Just sayin'.

I'm not driving to Nevada to pay to have sex.   

[bhu]

Given my conversations with her, you're right.  She is a sex addict, one who's trying to reform (but having a lot of problems changing her life).

The thing is, she's hot and I haven't had sex in a looooooooooooong time.  I also don't want a relationship with her, just friendship and sex.  Which I shouldn't have because of her personality/issues.

I am a bad man.   

There is no way to put this that isn't blunt, but here goes:

Porn exists for a reason.  It's cheaper than hookers, it carries no risk of infection, nor does it have psychotic episodes on you.  Sex is nice, but it isn't worth years or a lifetime of possible complications.  Everyone's addicted to it a little, but they aren't necessarily addicted to sex so much as orgasm.  You don't need a partner for orgasm. 

And now that I have offended and embarrassed everyone I shall leave you