I include 50% above the required fees, and am still having an absurd delay on some transactions.
When I do not actually use BTC it is much easier to fall in love with the idea.
Sorry, but some of you need to face reality...
Eh, I don't care whether or not there is a block taking a long time.
It's like a wire transaction or a check, it can take a long time without the proper infrastructure to move funds quickly.
Facing reality is just whether or not you can wait for a block, and assuming Bitcoin reached a fair amount of popularity in the real world, there would be a program that would mitigate this effect, almost guarantee it.