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Muscles posted...

Now I finished the Dragon Reborn. I think this one might be my favorite so far. This series is so great that I just fly through the books.

Enjoy it while you can.

*looks at list of movies*
Well I'll be of no help here.
*exits*

Yellow posted...

Like this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides

Nazis easily have everyone else beat.

Yellow posted...

Like this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides

Nazis easily have everyone else beat.

Not really, that list only includes things that meet the UN definition of genocide and excludes other mass killings that have potentially higher body counts. Germany was terrible, but they may not even have the highest body count in WW2.

Muscles posted...

I've never heard of a Ralph baer console, is that like atari?

The Magnavox Odyssey, which was released even before Pong.

Devil_May_Cry posted...

I tell everyone being anti semitic on gaming sites and forums this even though its common public knowledge

I'm sure they've got conspiracy theories to cover that.

You would have to be killing enemies at a ludicrous rate too, just for it not to take forever.

I did a quick test run in Vampire Survivors, just because it was a game I had installed that had a fairly high kill count. Over a three hour run I managed to kill 1,733,361 enemies, for an average of around 578k an hour. That means it would take around 72 straight days to reach a billion kills.

Played the original, no interest in whatever they are doing with this version.

I've never had a cat that actually liked to get into water. Most of them have liked hanging out on the side of the tub if one of us is in the tub though.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/693e0a03.jpg

I don't dislike kids, but my wife and I have no desire to have any.

fettster777 posted...

Cost?

Eh, it was 14 years ago so I'm not 100% sure but I think it was around $25k. That included having photos taken in the Magic Kingdom before the park opened and a dessert party in EPCOT to watch the fireworks, on top of the actual ceremony and reception along with some other stuff. Based on how prices for everything else have gone up at Disney since then I'm sure it is VASTLY more expensive now.

BlueFlameBat posted...

As far as I know, the United States is the only nation to actually attack with nuclear weapons despite many other countries having them. The chances that Japan would actually use these nuclear weapons is slim, but at least they'd have a defense.

Whatever country had the bomb first in WW2 would have used it, it was too much of a tactical advantage not to.

Congratulations. We had our wedding in EPCOT.

I mean, there are already successful in-person gaming conventions so they aren't really doing anything special on that front.

I have two or three I think, but the only thing I play regularly is Words with Friends because my mom keeps inviting me to games.

My wife and I don't do Valentine's Day.

Lokarin posted...

honestly, the presidency has very little to do with how well the government works

Eh, that is only partially true. While it would be hard for any president to do something positive at the moment, given the state of the House and Senate, a President can still do a lot of negative things via Executive Order and on the foreign policy front.

Yellow posted...

I just feel like there are just better things you could drink than soda, diet or not. Why drink diet when you could drink seltzer water? Or water? Ice water is pretty good.

The smartest thing Donald Trump ever said
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/257552283850653696?lang=en

I have, maybe he needs to get out more.

Generally I find when they say 'gamers' like that they generally mean 'incels'. The kind of people that will call a game 'woke' because the female character models don't look like porn stars.

josh posted...

I'll be surprised if starfield doesn't come out on every console here on for at least the next two generations.

I don't know. There is a cost to porting and supporting a game to new hardware. They did it for Skyrim because it was ludicrously popular and people were willing to re-buy the game multiple times, but Starfield may not make financial sense to put the effort to support it.

GranTurismo posted...

never had gamepass. If you unsubscribe from gamepass you lose all your games? So does this starfield thing kinda make you lean more into thinking that cod won't be taken off of PS, if you ever thought that.

I honestly have no idea what to expect. There are a lot of analysts that think there won't even be another generation of Xbox. My best guess is they will keep anything they promised support for as multiplatform for some length of time, just because they would never get another large merger approved in the EU if they backtracked on it.

Not particularly. At this point it is obviously not going to be a system moving exclusive sot they are likely happy for any sales they can get. I've got Gamepass so I've already got access to the game as it is. I actually put a bunch of time in when it first came out, then I got sick and stopped playing for a bit and never went back.

I have to see what was actually fixed in the new patch to see if I want to go back.

Is that the most recent series of games? The first one of was the best, the second one was acceptable and the third was pretty bad.

faramir77 posted...

Ribs are just pork on the cob

Unless they are beef ribs.

agesboy posted...

I'm extremely reluctant to do any sort of calls like this because I already assume they're eyerolling at how dumb on the phone I am to begin with (I know they're generally not if you're being respectful, but you know, the brain works that way); if I found out I was being recorded purely for entertainment 'mortified' would be an absolute understatement

Especially if they're splicing it to make themselves look superior

I know the feeling. I've actually worked in call centers twice and spent the last ten or so years running meetings by phone and yet I still hate having to call a business for something. Just weird brain stuff.

I assume they aren't including the customer side of the call, that would go from something that could get you fired to something that could get you in legal trouble.

Jen0125 posted...

Insurance claim reps recording themselves talking to difficult customers and posting it on tiktok.

I find it so unethical and violating for the customers. I hope they all get found out and fired.

I just saw this one:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3jrb2k/

This should be a 100% private conversation. I don't care if there's no SPI or PII in the video. An examination under oath (not examination of oath as this woman keeps saying) is a serious legal proceeding where you testify under penalty of perjury and is completed by a licensed attorney. You are also allowed to have your own representation. If someone is under SIU investigation and need to sit for an EUO that is extremely stressful. This type of conversation should never be broadcast out to the general public. It's an extremely private matter.

Yeah, that is not cool and should be a fire-able offense at any company. Every year the company I used to work for had employees go through security and privacy training, with a whole section dedicated to social media specifically for stuff like this.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

For me the biggest complaint I usually have is keeping the yard mowed and weeded on a regular basis. It's a fairly big yard and I have mild grass allergies, so it's unpleasant every time. But it's worse if I procrastinate doing it and then have to really hack through it later.

Though it can also be annoying when you think you've got everything under control for once and then suddenly you get a bad storm and the roof springs a leak or the basement floods. Especially if you've got other stuff going on and are too busy to really want to deal with it, but you have to anyway because ignoring stuff like that only makes everything worse.

I got to a point where I just pay some guy in the neighborhood to cut my grass. My yard isn't huge, but it is an old property with older trees, so the ground tends to be rougher than yards in more modern houses.

So far I've had to replace a roof, the windows and the furnace/AC unit. Only 'major' thing left is the siding at this point. (knock on copious wood)

I just had to replace my TV and the volume scale on the new one seems ridiculous. I generally have it sitting around 6-7 out of a scale of 100.

Jen0125 posted...

Like a lot of maintenance

And I'm very lazy so it's a challenge

As a fellow homeowner and lazy person, I concur. I will say however, having had a number of renter friends get shafted recently, I still do not regret buying a house.

Dikitain posted...

If the inspector the next person hires notices it, they might force you to pay for it, or force you to take it out of the price of the house.

I pretty much required the sellers to fix any "issues" that the house was going to have for at least the first 5 years I owned it.

Depending on where you live you may be required by law to disclose any issues you are aware, specifically for reasons like this.

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It has an elevator as well.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Structural integrity questions and acrophobia aside, how inconvenient is it to actually live there? Are you totally underwater during hurricane season? How far is the nearest grocery store?

Considering that is a four story house, it is probably at least 100 feet above sea level so I doubt you'd have to worry about being underwater. It is also on the southern coast of Australia, which doesn't seem to be a major target of hurricanes. No clue how remote the location is though.

I find it odd that this guy is publicly critical of the war on Russian state-sponsored TV and has somehow faced no repercussions.

Ferarri619 posted...

I hope that Boris guy wins. He's against the war in Ukraine.

Who is actually crazy enough to run against Putin?

No, mostly because it looks like a terribly inconvenient layout for a house.