Dear Microsoft. I am lending my voice to my fellow gamers. I've been a primary Xbox gamer for close to a decade. Though I do own the Ps2, 3, and the Wii, plus being a PC gamer, I always boot up my Xbox and play online with my friends. I pay for your gold services and stridently defend Xbox Live to the unwashed…

I'll definitely keep that in mind. Thank you for the tip! I also assume my problem with silence might be the voices.

And you can oligobble down their balls? /hehe

Silence bugs me, a lot. Maybe it's the faint tinnitus I have, but I need some low background level of noise. Not chatter, mind you. I, too, use headphones to drown that out. But music or a fan is necessary for me.

Was it how you asked? I fully expect the majority of my comments to be deleted on Jezebel but it doesn't stop me from asking. But I'm definitely not trying to be inflammatory.

Thank you.

See, that's my problem. I'm so damned priviledged and white I never bothered to think a person as "tainted" if they had a drop or not. I'm just clinically curious as to the behavior.

I'm just ignorant, victim of priviledge, but I never see anyone bi-racial identify as being white, they always indentify with being black.

Hm. I like Urban Dictionary's definition of racism vs prejudiceness:

You definitely echo my feelings, yes.

In regards to point b, I can understand having to do it because the recipients expect it, but in the same vein as what I said earlier, that says a lot about them, as well. That's my cynicism showing.

You rock. Yes, you do.

I'm way too cynical for that. But I do thank you for sharing.

High-five!

Why is it all about the white shadow with you? Huh?

I dare say thank you notes have little to do with thanking the recipients and more to do with inflating the sender's ego. Nothing personal, mind you. Just the vibe I get from most "thank you" note sending people.

Not to me, Dick. While they may be synonymous to you, they aren't with me. That doesn't make you wrong, it is just how I treat them.

I only say sorry when I feel bad about something and mean it and I only apologize when I acknowledge my words or actions harmed someone's feelings but I stand firm that it needed to be done.

Everything I read pointed to Dvorak being faster? But I'm just clueless. Feel free to educate me.

The worst part is the plastic instruments are becoming expensive as hell.. and since they're plastic, they break. It rends my heart asunder to see prices for replacements. Please, for the love of God, don't shank your fellow RB players with price gouging. /sob