That's cause edison was a moron, like you.

KISS was a shitty band anyhow.

I'm guessing roughly that we're dumping millions of years of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. Previous life forms were contributing their mass for conversion to petroleum for as long as the earth has been around (either 4,000 years or 4.5 billion depending on your level of insanity), and we are on the downward side of extraction. To run low on something, as quickly as we have done, that has been getting created for over 4.5 billion years, one has to be consuming it at a pretty good clip. I would do some math here but feel lazy.

Sounds like your insurance would have been adjusted to a level corresponding (correctly) to your risk of an accident.

If you reeally cared, you would build your house so insulated that you'd have no need of an A/C or heater. Build underground even, if you choose to as a way to reduce recurrent energy usage.

Like they're going to tickle the volcano's nose, maybe, if they're lucky, it will sneeze and they'll get all kinds of data!

Maybe we can quibble over the amount but Trepidity's solution seems solid. How about the rate being something on the order of 30% above the prevailing market wage? See with 30% above prevailing market rate, the price keeps going up... Probably should add something to the effect of max hours allowed to work and salary must always remain 30% above prevailing market rate.

The thing is that the currently extant nation in question came about as a result of forceful removal of the previously existing nations and people already occupying the land. Immigration by force isn't that much morally better than immigration by sneak is it?

You are saying that we should give up tacos, sopes, tamales and take up eating "American Food" (whatever that is)?

Well, then I'll count you on the side that argues that one can't OD on it.

If we go down the path you are suggesting as a definition of OD then one could OD on eating lettuce. How about we agree to stick to the classical definition unless there is a clear and compelling reason for doing otherwise?

marijuana poisoning? Is there such a thing? Definitely not by smoking, you'd pass out before you could, so maybe from ingestion? Would it be similar to leaf poisoning from eating too many tree leaves?
Seriously though, from what I know, you can OD on it if you eat it (properly prepared) due to the delay time from ingestion to onset of symptoms. What happens is people don't know that it is coming and so keep eating the brownies and end up eating way too many. I have not heard of this actually happening but theoretically it is possible.

I'll drink to that!

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You're so right, states with the highest rates of gun ownership have 60% more suicides total and 4-10x the gun suicide rate. Interesting data, I was really not aware.

You're so right, states with the highest rates of gun ownership have 60% more suicides total and 4-10x the gun suicide rate. Interesting data, I was really not aware.

Really? How so? Attempting to be enigmatic is not a substitute for a lucid response so be clear about what you are trying to say.