Credit can be really fast. A bunch of places use the 'tap' function, which means it takes me less time to pay with my credit card than with cash because all I do is wave my card over the terminal like I'm a Jedi and the payment is done.
San Andreas was the best GTA. Vice City is pretty and has a great soundtrack but when you go back and play it it turns out it is teeny-tiny and Miami is not the most geographically interesting place to get into car chases in (you hit the edge of the island after like 60 seconds of flat-out driving in any direction), the story is weirdly disjointed (a dude I know who used to be a graphic designer at Rockstar said VC was hella rushed and looking at the pacing I tend to agree), and the gun combat is an exercise in hair-tearing frustration.
SA fixed all of that and had a fantastic virtual world to drive around in with a huge amount of variety, from the hood to desert buttes to alpine forests, and a story that was basic but worked and held together (some dumb stuff like the CIA dude missions aside).
i got to the one mission in SA where you have to blow up a car with a model airplane? and gave up
That mission made no sense.
"My competitor is killing me with his delivery service. We need to destroy his vans."
"Ok, I have grenades, guns, and a rocket launcher. I'll be back in five minutes."
"NO! We have to do it in the most impractical and needlessly convoluted way imaginable."
later...
"Ok, the vans have all been destroyed and the plane is intact on the sidewalk in front of the building where we are. All we need to do is walk downstairs and pick it up."
"NOOOOOO! This operation is a complete failure!"
[quote="Ludious;26191943"][quote="STATE OF THE ART ROBOT;26191939"]Paying with a check for a $2 item is rude, but paying for something with a debit card does not take much longer than paying with cash. [/quote]
If by take much longer you mean actually takes less time than paying with cash[/quote] I guess it depends. If it was a $1.37 item and you paid with a $5 bill, then yeah. But if it was like $1.89 and you paid with two $1 bills, then yeah, cash is faster. But really the difference doesn't matter and if someone else in line using a debit card to pay for a small purchase makes you angry you need to reevaluate things in your life.
Man, today's Whomp is one of those absurd flashbacks to my teenage years. Aside from the note pinned to his back, that's a painfully realistic scenario.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
Giving a homeless person a vegetarian hummus sandwich is incredibly rude. You make them think you're going to feed them and then that's what they get? So cruel.
Oh right, has anyone got any thoughts on color laser printers? I'm looking at the very cheap Dell one which does unspeakable things to you with refill pricing but apparently has good quality. It's for probably very low volume use.
Dammit, I need a GTA game that rivals Vice City. I was to be a moral-less psychopath in a tropical paradise. None of the family and girlfriends and bad-against-his-will bullshit later games introduced. I want to stand on a sidewalk and shoot innocent pedestrians for no reason except that I can.
s..saint's row 3?
well, minus the "tropical paradise", I guess.
seriously
i dual wield SMGs that set people on fire
fuckin' love dis game
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Man, today's Whomp is one of those absurd flashbacks to my teenage years. Aside from the note pinned to his back, that's a painfully realistic scenario.
I like how Ronnie is all "Oh yeah, I knew that." in the third panel.
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Mojo_JojoWe are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourseRegistered Userregular
Credit can be really fast. A bunch of places use the 'tap' function, which means it takes me less time to pay with my credit card than with cash because all I do is wave my card over the terminal like I'm a Jedi and the payment is done.
Those RFID things are great.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
Folks are disappointed by Blizzard's announcement but I'm kind of excited. Not many people play Planeswalkers and I want to play CCGs with folks! F2P will make folks more likely to try it and play with me!
but I mean pretty much every GTA has some horseshit, stupidly hard mission somewhere
Vice City had a ton. That timed one where you smash windows in the mall, for instance
i remember VC had that dumbass mission where you have to fly a remote control helecopter through a multi-story carpark and drop bombs on objects you couldnt see if it was more than two feet off the ground
fuck that mission
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TL DRNot at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered Userregular
Giving a homeless person a vegetarian hummus sandwich is incredibly rude. You make them think you're going to feed them and then that's what they get? So cruel.
San Andreas was the best GTA. Vice City is pretty and has a great soundtrack but when you go back and play it it turns out it is teeny-tiny and Miami is not the most geographically interesting place to get into car chases in (you hit the edge of the island after like 60 seconds of flat-out driving in any direction), the story is weirdly disjointed (a dude I know who used to be a graphic designer at Rockstar said VC was hella rushed and looking at the pacing I tend to agree), and the gun combat is an exercise in hair-tearing frustration.
SA fixed all of that and had a fantastic virtual world to drive around in with a huge amount of variety, from the hood to desert buttes to alpine forests, and a story that was basic but worked and held together (some dumb stuff like the CIA dude missions aside).
i got to the one mission in SA where you have to blow up a car with a model airplane? and gave up
That mission made no sense.
"My competitor is killing me with his delivery service. We need to destroy his vans."
"Ok, I have grenades, guns, and a rocket launcher. I'll be back in five minutes."
"NO! We have to do it in the most impractical and needlessly convoluted way imaginable."
later...
"Ok, the vans have all been destroyed and the plane is intact on the sidewalk in front of the building where we are. All we need to do is walk downstairs and pick it up."
"NOOOOOO! This operation is a complete failure!"
I'm pretty sure that mission was impossible on the ps2. I never had enough fuel to make it to two carts let alone all of them.
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
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surrealitychecklonely, but not unloveddreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered Userregular
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
I'm more concerned about how I was supposed to see the future.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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AManFromEarthLet's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered Userregular
Also, no hulu. I already have adblock turned off on your site so you can load ads. If you can't do it beyond that it's on you.
LudiousI just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered Userregular
A lot of those stores that have $5 minimums only put a tiny little sign right on the cash register. It has happened to me many, many times. I am not a mind reader, nor do I go look at the register before I pick up the shit I want.
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
People are often annoyed when activities that are uninteresting but necessary are made more time consuming than they need to be.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
People are often annoyed when activities that are uninteresting but necessary are made more time consuming than they need to be.
But the extra time involved is so tiny.
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TL DRNot at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered Userregular
DJ [chat] is more interesting than merchant transaction [chat]
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
I'm more concerned about how I was supposed to see the future.
I wasn't aware that knowing whether or not you have enough cash on you to pay for something requires precognition.
Thanatos on
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AManFromEarthLet's get to twerk!The King in the SwampRegistered Userregular
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
If the five dollar minimum isn't posted, in what sense is Bowen not paying enough attention?
I once went to buy a soda at the mall at one of those news stands. I only had like $2 on me, the soda was $2.50... alright, I go to pay with my card, "Sorry it's a $5 minimum."
"Got anything behind there to make it $5, can I just go grab another soda?"
"You're holding up my line."
So I went to the subway right next to him and stared him right in the eyes as I got a 85 cent soda and paid with a card.
Basically, fuck people who sell stuff.
So... you didn't check to make sure you had enough money to buy what you wanted, and you didn't grab some extra stuff before you got in line to hit the $5 minimum, but that's his fault?
To be fair, that clerk sounded like a dick.
If I were in line behind Bowen, I would have been pissed.
And not at the clerk.
? Really?
Why? Are you pissed at people in front of you when they mistype their PIN and apologize while having to do it a second time?
Likely one of those people who assumes cash is faster. Up here you're lucky if the cashier can figure out how to count change quicker than I can hit "credit" on the keypad.
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, but no. What I think is faster is telling you to go away rather than waiting around for you to figure out what you need to buy because you weren't paying attention to what you were doing.
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
People are often annoyed when activities that are uninteresting but necessary are made more time consuming than they need to be.
But the extra time involved is so tiny.
I meant just in general.
When extra time crosses the threshold into inconvenience is kind of subjective.
Plus the whole thing of many people causing small delays adding up overall.
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Even with just a PIN its really fast.
That mission made no sense.
"My competitor is killing me with his delivery service. We need to destroy his vans."
"Ok, I have grenades, guns, and a rocket launcher. I'll be back in five minutes."
"NO! We have to do it in the most impractical and needlessly convoluted way imaginable."
later...
"Ok, the vans have all been destroyed and the plane is intact on the sidewalk in front of the building where we are. All we need to do is walk downstairs and pick it up."
"NOOOOOO! This operation is a complete failure!"
If by take much longer you mean actually takes less time than paying with cash[/quote]
I guess it depends. If it was a $1.37 item and you paid with a $5 bill, then yeah. But if it was like $1.89 and you paid with two $1 bills, then yeah, cash is faster. But really the difference doesn't matter and if someone else in line using a debit card to pay for a small purchase makes you angry you need to reevaluate things in your life.
there are some times you just cant use a card
Are you ... are you coming onto me, Raven? Because that's cool ... that's cool ...
i dual wield SMGs that set people on fire
fuckin' love dis game
(bus pass...)
I like how Ronnie is all "Oh yeah, I knew that." in the third panel.
No, furlongs.
Shit.
Those RFID things are great.
Oh my god, this is more annoying than the whole moral imperative of cash transactions thing.
It is a card that lets me use transit.
(note: this post is full of joke anger)
'sides yours still has salad. IMPOSTOR.
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/mm8chp/hey-ash--whatcha-playin---girl-games
i remember VC had that dumbass mission where you have to fly a remote control helecopter through a multi-story carpark and drop bombs on objects you couldnt see if it was more than two feet off the ground
fuck that mission
:bz
I'm pretty sure that mission was impossible on the ps2. I never had enough fuel to make it to two carts let alone all of them.
Dark Souls is awesome.
(transport...)
no
i ordered that be4 u because i was in bodens b4 u
i has been in bodeans........ 3eva
Why is it important to your quality of life that everyone around you is maximally efficient and doesn't inconvenience you whatsoever.
so tired today
and it's showing in everything i do
I'm more concerned about how I was supposed to see the future.
People are often annoyed when activities that are uninteresting but necessary are made more time consuming than they need to be.
But the extra time involved is so tiny.
If the five dollar minimum isn't posted, in what sense is Bowen not paying enough attention?
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I friendzoned a girl and now she wont talk to me because she thought I wanted the V and I didn't, I thought we were just friends
I meant just in general.
When extra time crosses the threshold into inconvenience is kind of subjective.
Plus the whole thing of many people causing small delays adding up overall.