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General Chat / Re: What Games are You Playing 2018?
« on: June 20, 2018, 10:58:12 AM »
Pretty sure that sunset's new. I don't remember anything about the Gaping Dragon boss room from the original except that it was dark dank and big.
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Discussion / Re: CK's Cartoon Corner
« on: May 06, 2018, 10:59:28 AM »“The voice kept calling me Bruce. In my mind, that’s not what I call myself”
“What do you call yourself?”
*glare*
“Oh, yeah, I suppose you would. But that’s my name now.”
This is the only thing that stuck with me from Batman Beyond. I believe you forgot Bruce pointing to his head and saying, "Tell that to him." Such a good ending for an episode I remember nothing else about.
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Discussion / Re: An Aesthetic Discussion Spanning 17 Years - Andrew versus Pokemon
« on: May 06, 2018, 07:13:02 AM »
If you go through the evolutions backwards, that turtle is getting high
as a kite
as a kite
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Discussion / Re: An Aesthetic Discussion Spanning 17 Years - Andrew versus Pokemon
« on: April 23, 2018, 01:59:06 PM »
Volbeat: Blah blah blah blah blah. wrong/5
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: February 19, 2018, 11:02:22 AM »
Additionally, it seems pretty clear to me that this is designed to inoculate the investigation from claims that it is illegitimate, hasn't turned up any evidence of crimes, and is merely a witch hunt of Donny T. Rump. Now, whether that will actually stop the shills in the GOP from making these claims remains to be seen, but it does strike me as something solid to point to when they start squawking about how the special counsel is a waste of time and money.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: February 17, 2018, 07:20:26 AM »https://kotaku.com/kentucky-governor-blames-violent-video-games-for-shooti-1823075688
The worst take. I say that not because it's about videogames but because it's basically a Boomer putting the blame for a mass killing on young people, collectively. Needless to say: fuck that guy.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: February 16, 2018, 02:00:07 PM »
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General Chat / Re: 2018 Miscellaneous Links: It's an Albany expression
« on: February 15, 2018, 01:04:22 PM »Speaking of albany expressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-XtMNYHsZc
(In the style of NieR Automata, mostly posted for Djinn's reference.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqt2v1-TEIo
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General Chat / Re: 2017 Miscellaneous Links: Venti, Tall, Grande
« on: April 26, 2017, 06:59:02 AM »
http://uproxx.com/movies/lilly-wachowski-comes-out-transgender/
A link embedded in an article Captain K just linked. Mostly, holy shit what the fuck, Daily Mail? How on earth is that xenophobic toilet paper is still allowed to operate.
A link embedded in an article Captain K just linked. Mostly, holy shit what the fuck, Daily Mail? How on earth is that xenophobic toilet paper is still allowed to operate.
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General Chat / Re: Record Keeping Final Fantasy Record Keeper
« on: April 25, 2017, 11:33:06 AM »
You know, I don't quite recall, but A++ Mandragoras rings a bell as one of the endgame bosses that made me get bored of the game. Maybe it was a different iteration of them, though actually the timeframe matches up I think. God that was so tedious.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: April 19, 2017, 12:04:26 AM »There's the truth, and there's what the people with guns *think* is the truth. When you defend the first truth, which is important, you have to be careful to ensure you don't inadvertently give license for the second "truth" to suppress *your* beliefs.
Oh my god. That you don't understand how ironic this passage is killing me. Making lies look legitimate by dressing them up as news is a large part of why it's so impossible to talk to the half of the country you disagree with. Not only are we operating on different sets of facts, but it's also night impossible to the uninformed to figure out if something as basic as what they hear in the news is fact or some demagogue's horseshit. Pretending liars simply have a differing political opinion and letting them sell their snake oil alongside doesn't defend truth, it actively makes the problem worse.
The fact that "beliefs" and "facts" are so conflated in your mind that we can't even have manage to have the same conversation IS IN FACT, THE FUCKING PROBLEM.
EDIT: To wit, I get that your problem is, "How do we address the political divide in the US, shouldn't we try to bridge it?", let me ask you. Put on your empiricism glasses. NYT keeps this dude on. What's the liberal response? I think we've pretty much covered that one. Now, what's the conservative response?
If you're under the pretension that the response will be a decrease in number of accusations of fake news, and an uptick in conservatives basing their opinions on facts instead of what stories line up with their worldview, then I have a bridge to sell you.
I guess it comes down to this. You think that playing the big boy game, the take-the-higher-road game, the same game we've been playing for 30 years is the way out of this hyperpartisan hellhole we've found ourselves in. I don't agree that there IS a way out of this hyperpartisan hellhole, so frankly, I don't think letting liars in newspapers is going to do much at all that's practical except discredit those newspapers.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: April 18, 2017, 07:31:51 AM »
You're missing the point. The problem isn't that it's a conservative view. The problem is that it's actively fucking harmful disinformation. Claims that climate change isn't real are claims that can be verified, fact-checked. Facts are not up for debate.
That's the issue. There's a difference between a paper refusing to publish outright lies based on stuff you can fact-check, and a newspaper nixing a submission based solely on the politics of it. Would you not agree that you'd think less of a newspaper if they published an opinion piece advocating for watering our crops/gardens/plants with Pepsi? And not only that but defending it after readers call them out on publishing outright lies?
The fact that "It's their opinion, you can't expect them to base it on fact!" is the default mindset you're approaching the issue with is a huge symptom of the core issue. A large part of the populace refuses to even listen to facts because facts don't line up with their political views. NYT defending the dude because millions believe him doesn't make them bastions of free speech and expression, it makes them look like a joint that doesn't give a shit about facts.
EDIT: Oh my god I just read the first sentence to your reply that you ninjaed in and I think I don't have to read the rest. You really don't get what the issue is, do you?
You also ignore that there are plenty of avenues for people to express their opinions that don't require a news source to call into question how much it gives a shit about fact-checking.
That's the issue. There's a difference between a paper refusing to publish outright lies based on stuff you can fact-check, and a newspaper nixing a submission based solely on the politics of it. Would you not agree that you'd think less of a newspaper if they published an opinion piece advocating for watering our crops/gardens/plants with Pepsi? And not only that but defending it after readers call them out on publishing outright lies?
The fact that "It's their opinion, you can't expect them to base it on fact!" is the default mindset you're approaching the issue with is a huge symptom of the core issue. A large part of the populace refuses to even listen to facts because facts don't line up with their political views. NYT defending the dude because millions believe him doesn't make them bastions of free speech and expression, it makes them look like a joint that doesn't give a shit about facts.
EDIT: Oh my god I just read the first sentence to your reply that you ninjaed in and I think I don't have to read the rest. You really don't get what the issue is, do you?
You also ignore that there are plenty of avenues for people to express their opinions that don't require a news source to call into question how much it gives a shit about fact-checking.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: April 18, 2017, 03:22:13 AM »
snowfire i am here to add to the voices telling you you are wrong but fenrir/alex/shale kinda already covered me on the details, so here's some bad poetry
"It's the opinion section they can do what they want"
Ignoring editorial culp-a-bility
The opinion section of the New York Times,
Shouldn't look like the comments you read on line.
The whole point of an established news source
Is to filter out fact based opinion and to have recourse
If the writer's just a lying sack of shit.
"It's the opinion section they can do what they want"
Ignoring editorial culp-a-bility
The opinion section of the New York Times,
Shouldn't look like the comments you read on line.
The whole point of an established news source
Is to filter out fact based opinion and to have recourse
If the writer's just a lying sack of shit.
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General Chat / Re: Idiot of the Day 2017: Your lucky color is orange.
« on: April 14, 2017, 09:17:33 AM »To any offended active duty, this shit's not about you.
I am borrowing this, if that's OK.
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Discussion / Re: DLC XII - Is it a goer? Whats the plan?
« on: April 04, 2017, 04:17:55 AM »
So, I recently came into some employment that gives me great flexibility. I may well be doing a road trip that takes me up DLC way. Assuming I'm not having one of my mental breakdowns or w/e. Count me as a cautious in. I'll know more once I start getting paychecks.
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General Chat / Re: Movies
« on: April 02, 2017, 08:25:13 PM »So they sort of lampshade the whole whitewashing thing with the Major by having her actual past be: She was a Japanese teenager named Motoko Kusanagi who ran away from home, and Hanka electronics was collecting runaways to experiment on. They gave her a completely different appearance, altered her memory to better camouflage what they've been doing. Which works in and of itself. Motoko Kusanagi isn't even her real name in the manga, but one given to her after the cyberization. It's officially unknown what her original name, race, or even gender was. Not sure if they did it in response to the controversy or what, but yeah. The real problems are still with the other characters in the movie.
lol what
their response to the white washing controversy was to take it as a challenge. Just fuckin' wow
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: March 31, 2017, 03:02:50 AM »
It's kinda funny what'll happen when you get rid of loose ends by throwing them under the bus.
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General Chat / Re: 2017 Miscellaneous Links: Venti, Tall, Grande
« on: March 27, 2017, 02:09:49 AM »Although this was the best part of that I think.
https://twitter.com/gatorgoat/status/845510932423958528
Also, from that thread:
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all of Paul Ryan's favorite bands hating him is an idea that never gets old to me
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General Chat / Re: 2017 Miscellaneous Links: Venti, Tall, Grande
« on: March 10, 2017, 09:12:39 PM »
OK, OK, I know, Youtube comment, but here:
This guy gets it
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To those saying why didn't he just picked up his child? Maybe this was a rushed-thing and he actually didn't have his pants on.
Don't forget, this was in his own study room. I would not be surprised if he only had put on his boxers.
This guy gets it
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: March 08, 2017, 08:07:24 AM »http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/03/07/racist-fliers-appear-on-texas-state-campus-for-the-fourth-time-in-past-three-months
I've seen some people saying that making current political comparisons to Hitler and the Nazi party is "unwarranted" and "offensive."
but my freeze peaches
ur ruinin my freeze peach by calling nazis nazis
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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?
« on: March 07, 2017, 04:28:36 AM »
Does anyone know if the switch is region locked?
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General Chat / Re: What Games are you Playing 2017?
« on: March 05, 2017, 09:20:56 PM »Fire Emblem
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Bad ... Game. I ...'t ...t u... r... n... s.
... u...i... n...t... ...o... a pedophile. Also because I thought Aptitude would make Kana good (it didn't). But mostly the pedophile thing.
decoded
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Discussion / Re: Politicalcompass 2017
« on: March 05, 2017, 09:09:32 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38
I'll proudly admit that the last year or so has just made me more of a radical anarchosocialist.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38
I'll proudly admit that the last year or so has just made me more of a radical anarchosocialist.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: March 03, 2017, 06:40:17 AM »
Um. What? That's an article about a dude who claimed his sizzler management course certificate was a business degree. I'm not being coy I literally don't understand what the fuck you're saying.
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Discussion / Re: Is there a politics thread? Guess I'm making one
« on: February 25, 2017, 05:07:54 PM »
You guys are forgetting the very real fact that the Republican party is in the midst of being co-opted by people who are openly calling for a White Ethno-state in the US. FFS Steve Bannon spoke OPENLY at CPAC the other day, and in the crowd MANY people, especially young college republicans, openly identified as White Nationalists.
So this normalizing and arguing that, "Oh, those poor little small government conservatives aren't willingly going into academia it's technically okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" is all well and good in a vacuum but Dunie was right to cut through the disingenuous bullshit and jump straight to the conclusion: A bill like this means more White Nationalist professors spreading White Nationalist ideas and need I remind you that White Nationalist is PC for FUCKING GODDAMN RACIST. This bill isn't being proposed with a geniune care for rounding out academic discourse, it's being proposed to make it EASY FOR WHITE NATIONALISTS TO SPREAD THEIR IDEOLOGY DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS WHERE HUMANS FORM THEIR WORLDVIEW.
For. FUCKS. SAKES. Any time any of you want to play devil's advocate about this shit, stop and recognize that you're arguing as if all this shit's going down a vacuum. Read between the lines. Take things in context. You fucking Perpetual-Motion-Birds-Who-Keep-Drinking-Water.
Fun fact: Devil's Advocate is an Anagram for Useful Idiot.
...and if it took you too long to realize the former doesn't have a U in it I think my point has been made
EDIT:
Unrelated, but my town hall's facebook feed had an astroturfing campaign regarding House Resolution 30, some resolution to condemn a dog eating festival in China. All of the accounts had nothing but animal abuse shares and whatnot, so it was pretty obviously an organized astroturfing. Just be on the lookout for people talking about that so you can call them out on their shit.
So this normalizing and arguing that, "Oh, those poor little small government conservatives aren't willingly going into academia it's technically okaaaaaaaaaaaaaay" is all well and good in a vacuum but Dunie was right to cut through the disingenuous bullshit and jump straight to the conclusion: A bill like this means more White Nationalist professors spreading White Nationalist ideas and need I remind you that White Nationalist is PC for FUCKING GODDAMN RACIST. This bill isn't being proposed with a geniune care for rounding out academic discourse, it's being proposed to make it EASY FOR WHITE NATIONALISTS TO SPREAD THEIR IDEOLOGY DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS WHERE HUMANS FORM THEIR WORLDVIEW.
For. FUCKS. SAKES. Any time any of you want to play devil's advocate about this shit, stop and recognize that you're arguing as if all this shit's going down a vacuum. Read between the lines. Take things in context. You fucking Perpetual-Motion-Birds-Who-Keep-Drinking-Water.
Fun fact: Devil's Advocate is an Anagram for Useful Idiot.
...and if it took you too long to realize the former doesn't have a U in it I think my point has been made
EDIT:
Unrelated, but my town hall's facebook feed had an astroturfing campaign regarding House Resolution 30, some resolution to condemn a dog eating festival in China. All of the accounts had nothing but animal abuse shares and whatnot, so it was pretty obviously an organized astroturfing. Just be on the lookout for people talking about that so you can call them out on their shit.