I was going to play a game for 30 minutes or so before work. Now, 4.5 hours later, my BTC is tied up in some unconfirmed transaction. Hey, OP, uh, thanks!
pay the real fees ...

Hey, cute eyeball rolling smiley! If by "the real fees" you're referring to the fee my client suggested for the transaction, that's exactly what I did. If you missed the context above about a potential client that would warn you about spam-attacks and "stress-tests" and calculate a fee suggestion to get you confirmed, I dunno, today, then

back at ya.
Currently, the average fee for next block seems to float around 0.0003.
good, normal fee is 0,00001 BTC usually ... and 0,0001 BTC in 2014.

(android wallet)
Whelp, I paid 0.00002BTC, so I guess I'm double what you consider normal. Hey, thanks Meuh6879, for the help!