I've been using OkCupid where I live (which is a small city about an hour and a half outside of Philly) and everyone in my age range (late 20s, early 30s): looks old; are missing more teeth then I think anyone would like, sometimes look like the Sontarans from Doctor Who. Or I get people who are 2 hours away…

This was 10+ years ago by my friend at the time was working at Lane Bryant and it was a big deal they were getting in size 12 mannequins. Like a size 12 isn't even plus size but it was still better then trying to put the cloths on normal sized mannequins. Of course they are never really in the shapes plus size people…

Well, at this point they broke up a long time ago. I think she started going really cray cray. Now, my male friend rides his bike around the U.S. as a drifter (well the last time I contacted him, that was what he was doing).

Not quite as dramatic but I was friends with a guy who I 'dated' all of a week. At one point he gets a new girlfriend. She knows we dated but everything seems fine. I was super nice to her, even driving her over an hour to go see him (as he was living out of state when the started dating) several times. We hung out…

This has to been in 2003-ish, but I had a creepy internet stalker for a while. I have no idea who the guy was and I don't think I ever did anything to him other than be female in a certain video game fandom.

Do you have a recipe for that? Sounds awesome.

Thanks.

I went to Vegas for the first time a couple months ago for a friend's wedding. It was in old Vegas and it was really weird because it made me think of Fallout so much.

5'2 and 250lb. So, on the BMI I am obese. I still think I'm pretty but I get that I am not most guy's cup of tea. Been working out and trying to lose weight for health reasons (I have PCOS) but haven't seen any movement in the year I have been working on it.

Really? On my Android I have to type in my password every time.

I'd say I fit the bill of normal-ish down to earth woman. But, I am also fat. So, I am sure the excludes me from many men even considering me.

Yes, by buying PayPerViews or Movies on Demand. Well, at least when it got to be the late 90s.

Well, I don't think the OP was talking about micro-translations but a more general wasting of time?

But, in terms of micro-translations, I know on my Android if I want to buy anything (including in a game) I always have to put in my password. So, I feel here it is a meter of to much connivance (with Apple's you don't…

Well, is it all that different then when I growing up in the 80s and wasted all my time watching TV or playing Nintendo? Not great parenting either way but it isn't a new phenomenon.

I'm shocked that 15 minute grace period (??) wasn't culled sooner.

Well, there are a few ways to bloat a budget.

One is marketing, which seems to be a problem with movies also. It can cost more than it took to make actual product it is trying to sell.

The other problem I see (from my own experience) is not sitting down and targeting problem areas during development. Like if we…

Well, considering two my friends work at a company that certainly makes way more than mine and they have a $10,000 dollar deductible. I don't think I'm doing to bad.

This one doesn't give numbers but here is a Queen Mary II comparison:

It's kind of interesting because by today's standards the Titanic is actual pretty small for a cruise ship.

Stuff like this makes me like my health insurance through my job more and more. I might pay a little bit more than my friends but I have the lowest deductible at $250 and after that it covers almost everything outside of co-pays. I did once have to pay for a hearing test. But I've never had to pay for blood work…