I'm 30.

So no. Far from it.

I would just rather have a short and fun life than a long a dull one. I don't want to die of old age. To me there is something horribly unnatural and perverse about hanging on to life long past the point of life being worth living. Yet in our society that seems to be the MO.

I'm with you. I don't know when the fear of losing our lives has replaced the thrill of living them to the fullest and being willing to sacrifice all to achieve our dreams.

The GP can claim that Dan Osman (the guy in the YouTube) was stupid and sent himself to an early grave at 35. Say what you will about him and his "stupid" and "reckless" life style - the man created "controlled free-falling". He was inspirational to many and people lived through him.

I would rather die at 35 having experienced the thrills that Dano has than of old age in a wheel chair soiling myself and slowly losing my mind.

Having lived in Europe, I hate to say it but seatbelts aren't as uniform as you'd like to believe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_use_rates_by_country

So yeah. Despite your "Stupid Americans!" attitude, seems like Europe in general could benefit from the US standard.

You must go to a different store than I do. MC may match prices on computers and some electronics, but components and consumables are almost all anywhere from 10-25% over internet price. Books are sold at list price, which once again is higher than Amazon.

If you're looking at cables, even basic crap like CAT5 - you may as well file for bankruptcy on your way to the checkout. Never mind that MC has been trying to push more and more crap out, just getting TO the checkout requires navigating through a maze of $5 gizmos and toys ranging from shitty LED flashlights to RC choppers.

Thier ignorance is their problem.

You do not take chances with classified data. It's just not done. Every media ever labeled anything other than unclassified is destroyed once it has served it's purpose.

Also, "Premium Ammo" is by design absurdly expensive to the point that it's very rarely used except in clan battles. We're talking 10 cents per shot at the top tier. Also premium ammo only changes penetration, not damage. It CAN affect the outcome. Yeah I've had my Tiger 2 penetrated by a KV with gold ammo - ONCE in over 2,000 battles. I'm not butthurt over it.

Premium tanks aren't actually better than their counter parts - the Hotchkiss is the only exception being a Tier 2 tank with Tier 3 armor. People whine about the Lowe, but as a Tier 8 tank it's not as good as the Tiger 2 or the IS-3, admittedly it's better than the T32 but only because of the change to gun depression on the T32. So in short, Lowe is the 2nd worst Tier 8 tank due to being slow and poorly armored in comparison to other Tier 8s.

Why do people drive Premium Tanks? Because Premium Tanks have a bonus to income. So my Tiger 2 makes 50k while a Lowe in the same battle walks home with 70k and lower repair costs.

WoT does a fantastic job keeping the game free to play and yet balanced. Yes you can pay for faster advancement, but it only affects you. Yes you can pay for a bigger tank, but that just means you get in games with bigger tanks - not that you'll drive around in your pwnmobile oneshotting helpless newbies.