Pretty much all the cryptocurrencies are headed downwards after this announcement... Except, oddly enough, for meme-based dogecoin (www.dogecoin.com).
Yes, its a real alt coin. Its actually the second biggest, in hash rate (right behind litecoin).

This is a crazy world we live in!

I'm a pretty hardcore RTS gamer (StarCraft II) but holy cow HearthStone is so fun that I've mostly abandoned SC2 in favor of racking up time there instead.

I definitely want the iOS release to hurry up so I can play on my iPad.

The thing that is surprising is, even with only a handful of emotes for communication, people still find ways to BM you :D But seriously, this is a REALLY REALLY fun game, and is going to make Blizzard some ungodly sum of money.

I am happy to show respect to everyone who shows it to me as well.

It's not like I'm some kid - I'm in my 30s here, and reasonably well into my career.

Dude, I used to work for a defense contractor. I can daydream like nobody else.

Thankfully, my current employer is vastly better, and I almost never have to deal with useless meetings anymore. But oh man, back in the day? They were *awful*

My bad attitude at work... got me an incredible job offer from an amazing company who actually respects me. :D

reading, you should try it.

I said *IN THE REST OF LIFE*
that is, outside of work.

I phrased it that way for a very specific reason.

Your worry that my decisions are career limiting are incredibly entertaining, given the specifics of my job/life :D

I'm sorry, but that is largely a load of crap.

I have had to attend a great many meetings in my day that were entirely irrelevant to me, my job, etc. There was no reason for me to be there, other than the fact that a manager wanted me to physically be there.

Now, you can argue that I should not have to attend useless meetings, but the older generation is stuck on them and so we have little choice. That is not to say that no meetings have merit, of course.

Being able to sit quietly in an irrelevant meeting isn't actually a particularly useful skill in the rest of life, so I can hardly blame anyone for wanting something to do or some other distraction during them.

You may consider it impolite or disrespectful. I consider it disrespectful to make me waste an hour of my time because you feel the need to show your self-importance by calling unnecessary meetings and forcing people who have no need to go to them to be there.

just to be clear, you're saying that more than 1 in 5 people in america is currently unemployed? (23% right? nearly 1 in 4 people?)

you arent the only one!
I'm a 30 year old married gamer, with a good job (I work for a reasonably prestigious silicon valley company).

I game a *lot* on my PC. StarCraft II mostly, but I play a lot of Diablo 3 and WoW as well.

So I've got to assume the GP is insane or joking or something. Either that or he's a troll.

while I mostly agree with you, I couldnt tell you how many kWh of electricity my home consumed last month. I could tell you what I paid for it, but no idea the actual consumption numbers - the cost is what is relevant to me, so I never feel any particular need to know the kWh. I'm sure plenty of other folks are the same way.

Your car knowledge pains me. Lexus, not Lexis. And Ford owns Lincoln. GM owns Cadillac.

Those errors aside, I agree with you.