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| Topic | There are fuckin SIXTEEN year olds driving |
| bigblu89 04/09/24 2:29:48 PM #19 | It's one of many things about the US I never fully understood.
How the age you can drive, purchase cigarettes (even after the "Tobacco 21 Law, some states are still 18 or 19), and "have sex" all vary by state. Same with Alcohol up till about 35 years ago. Like, one state thinks you're an adult, but another one doesn't. It's just wild to me. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Physical gaming media all but dead, report |
| bigblu89 04/09/24 1:05:52 PM #9 | s0nicfan posted...
"All content spending" potentially includes dlc, season passes, battle passes, cash shop purchases, monthly subscriptions, and f2p gatcha games. I had a tough time finding specifics other than this article: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/11/physical-games-represented-just-4percent-of-sales-for-playstation-last-quarter Zooming in on PlayStation's physical/digital sales split (which looks at units sold rather than cash), just over two thirds (67 per cent) of software sales were digital in Q2 2023. This is a slight increase year-on-year, but down compared to Q1 2023. So that was from around this time last year. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Is being more or less attracted to certain races being racist? |
| bigblu89 04/09/24 10:59:30 AM #37 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
This. For example, Im mostly attracted to women with darker features, But I wouldnt that out make a statement like I do not find Irish women attractive. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $10,000,000, but all cows turn into horses. |
| bigblu89 04/09/24 9:53:33 AM #18 | Rosstin316 posted...
So basically $10 million dollars but society crumbles? This. Seems like OP didn't really think of this beyond "we wouldn't have steak and hamburgers anymore" --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Remember when DUMB IDIOT former US president Trump looked straight at the sun? |
| bigblu89 04/08/24 3:23:08 PM #6 | And look at him now.
His vision is actually BETTER now. He got the best vision. Better than every President since Lincoln. Not looking at the sun during an eclipse is just another lie the Liberal Media tells you so they can control your thoughts. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Yes/No: You remember the 90s movie about Terrorists hijacking a school |
| bigblu89 04/08/24 1:02:49 PM #8 | Love this movie. Seen it more times than I'm willing to admit.
R.I.P. Lou Gossett Jr. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Have you ever attended a pro-wrestling event in person? |
| bigblu89 04/08/24 9:13:51 AM #5 | Just got home from WrestleMania.
Left my house at 5am on Friday. Got back home and in my bed on Long Island at 2am this morning. In between, had one of the best father/son trips I could've ever imagined. A weekend I'll never forget. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | House Republicans oppose funds to rebuild Baltimore bridge. |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 5:28:07 PM #7 | I mean, the one guy that said it's irresponsible to have it entirely federally funded kinda has a point.
Some of the cost should come out of the city budget, no? --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Sex and the City is on Netflix. I checked it out and was pleasantly surprised |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 5:25:22 PM #6 | ArkhamOrigins posted...
It's honestly a good show. There's a reason it was an HBO staple It was an HBO staple becasue at the time there weren't any shows where woman were that expressive and, quite frankly, that vulgar about sex. If it came out today, it wouldn't hit as hard becasue there's a dozen shows like that on Netflix alone. Believe me, my wife watches every single one of them, hoping it's the next Sex & the City. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | What do you crave when you're sick? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 5:23:13 PM #19 | Foodwise? Nothing.
I just medicate and sleep. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Last Week Tonight: Food Delivery Apps |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 4:52:07 PM #14 | SilvosForever posted...
Just order delivery pizza or Chinese guys. Or just do carry out. These things are rarely worth their cost unless you're actually unable to obtain food any other way. I'm talking $10+ markups for simple orders. This is probably my most "OK Boomer" train of thought that I have. The concept of Uber Eats and Door Dash as SO lost on me, becasue I really don't see ordering food for pick-up as that much of an inconvenience. Now, I understand there are people that don't have a car/physically can't drive/are shut-ins/etc and they deserve take out food as well, but at some point you just kinda have to draw the line. Paying upwards of $20 just to have one extra value meal delivered sound insane to me. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Why do people replay games directly after they've already beaten them? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 4:05:02 PM #66 | When I was younger, like during the NES and Genesis/SNES days, replaying games multiple times was an almost requirement, becasue the "brag" wasn't that you beat the game, but how fast you could be the game, or how many times you "died" before beating the game.
With so many NES games having roots int he arcades, there was a lot of "if you die, you have to start from square 1" so once the game was beat, the challenge then became how "easily" you could beat it. Being the first kid on my class to beat Contra without having to use the Konami Code is something I jokingly brag about to my friends today. With there being no real was to "lose" a game nowadays, it has become a lost art to most people other than speed runners. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Why do people replay games directly after they've already beaten them? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 3:35:07 PM #64 | Depends on the game...
There are some games that give you different endings depending on decisions you make within the game (like GTAV and RDR2). Other times it's a matter of trophy/achievement collecting. For example, Marvels Spiderman 2. I just got a PS5 for Christmas and this was bundled in. I just recently beat it, but there's a few trophies I missed in my initial play though (such as "Stealth takedown 25 enemies in stealth from the Web Line"). So I'm playing it again via NG+ to tie those things up. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Last Week Tonight: Food Delivery Apps |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 3:30:01 PM #3 | Let me guess, they over-charge their customers and pay the equivalent of slave labor to their drivers?
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| Topic | Remember the debate over how to pronounce GameFAQs? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 2:21:09 PM #3 | Cemith posted...
Game-fax and I will not accept anything else. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Would you spend $1 million on a new house? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 1:40:59 PM #18 | Probably, considering houses in OK neighborhoods on Long Island are in excess of $500k.
Moving to the really nice parts of Long Island (because there's zero chance my wife would move off LI while here parents are still alive) will cost at least a million for a house, probably closer to $3 Million --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | What do you think about Wrestlemania's match card for both nights |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 1:09:59 PM #12 | I'll be watching from Section 117 at the Linc
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| Topic | Ever order something in bulk to save money, but realized you didnt like it? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 1:08:03 PM #6 | I did that buying store brand Ibuprofen.
The 100 capsule bottle was $14.99, but the 300 capsule bottle was $17.99 They expired last year, and there's at least 200 left. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $10,000 or every fast food employee in the world. |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 12:59:54 PM #8 | Umbreon posted...
10k, while nice, probably doesn't change too much for me. $20 an hour helps a lot of people though. This. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | How many TV's do you currently own/use? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 12:56:17 PM #3 | Six
Living Room Bed Room Office Basement Both Kids' Rooms. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | What is the most over the speed limit you've gone? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 12:55:27 PM #20 | I said 40-60
Got up to around 110ish on a 65mph highway on my way upstate NY to visit my (at the time) GF in college. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Do you feel any sympathy for Cruise passenger who are sometimes left |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 10:05:16 AM #24 | It the delay is caused by an excursion they booked though the cruise company, then yes.
If the delay is caused by them doing something that wasn't controlled by the cruise company, like you decided to get smashed at Senior Frogs and passed out on a bench, then see ya! --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Do any of you here ever shop at family dollar or dollar general? |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 9:49:46 AM #9 | The "dollar stores" by me are called "Dollar Tree".
I usually buy most of my greeting cards and wrapping paper, as they're much cheaper than anywhere else by me. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Biden incorrectly claims he's already seen starving children in doctor's photos |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 9:38:02 AM #24 | I see topics like this and I try to equate some of the reactions to what it would be like if it was a sports discussion.
It's basically like going online, complaining about your favorite team's relief pitching, and getting bombarded with "WELL THE OTHER TEAM HAS BAD STARTING AND RELEIF PITCHING!!! AND THEY CAN'T HIT FOR POWER!!!" Ok... Great... That doesn't mean my team's relief pitching isn't bad. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Your reaction: Your best friend texts you 'thanks for everything' at 2:52 AM |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 9:27:08 AM #38 | If it was today/this morning, I'd assume it was pertaining to the fact that his dad (who's 80) is really sick right now and in the hospital, so we have been talking about that a lot. When my parents passed in 2020 I leaned on him a lot during some not so great times, and I'm here returning the favor.
--- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | I'm rereading the harry potter series as an adult and I have to say... |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 9:20:26 AM #7 | pegusus123456 posted...
I think people need to reconcile the fact that a terrible person can create something wonderful or they end up with incredible black-and-white thinking. I get/got a lot of shit on here about that way of thinking when it comes to The Cosby Show. But I'm sorry, no matter what Bill Cosby did, it doesn't all of a sudden make that show not funny. Same thing when all the allegations came around regarding Kevin Spacey. Whatever happened, and whether he is guilty or not, it's not going to all of a sudden NOT make Se7en one of my favorite movies. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | $1,000 or Unlimited cell phone power life. |
| bigblu89 04/04/24 12:36:47 AM #11 | Money. Never had my phone go under 70% at any time in my life
--- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | TIL Jerry Seinfeld dated a 17 year-old while he was 38. |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 8:40:26 PM #104 | Two things about CE that will never get answered:
How much money is too much money, because people are all All Billionaires are Evil on here, but also You Go Girl! about Taylor Swift being a billionaire. What is the age gap where it goes from creepy to ok. Because theres this thread, but also threads about 20 years olds dating 50 year old MILFs being championed. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | For $10,000, would you take a photograph with Donald John Trump? |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 8:29:50 PM #10 | $10k is $10k
Deal --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Attractive female nurse on 2nd date: I never got the Covid shot. I never would. |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 4:44:29 PM #14 | I'd finish the date, try to get some at the end of the night, but wouldn't be interested in a 3rd date.
That statement is enough to know that we wouldn't work out in the long run. I don't have to align 100% with my S.O., but that, combined with other assumed viewpoints, would be a deal breaker for me. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in 'amazing year for rich people. |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 4:19:27 PM #7 | More billionaires than ever before.
It's fairly obvious that if you're not one of them, you have no one to blame but yourself. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Fried or Scrambled eggs. |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 2:56:51 PM #3 | Fried in a sandwich, Scrambled if served on a plate.
--- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | what should I text this girl from work to keep a conversation going? |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 1:40:37 PM #24 | Correct me if Im off, but I think we have a good vibe and I wouldnt mind hanging out with you outside of work. So if youre free anytime soon, let me know. I think itll be fun.
Just lay it out there, and be 100% ok with it if she says no. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Do you have more money than your karma level? |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 9:46:56 AM #6 | I have 4 accounts. My karma level is higher than only 1 of them, my "funny money" account that is attached to my eBay, PayPal, and Venmo accounts that I use to buy and sell random collectables.
--- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Where the hell is the good pizza in New York? |
| bigblu89 04/03/24 9:18:47 AM #30 | If you're used to shitty Carolina pizza, then it's no wonder you don't think actual good pizza is good.
It's like growing up on McNuggets and then being served actual chicken cutlets and thinking they are gross. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Holy crap this is what Kelly Clarkson looks like now: |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 5:24:10 PM #18 | I straight up thought that was Stephanie Tanner
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| Topic | Do you know who Cypress Hill are? What about Busted? Little MIx? |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 3:49:59 PM #10 | Cypress Hill, even the new stuff, gets heavy rotation in my mixes to this day.
Seen them live too many times to remember. I see them every time they come to NYC. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Do you know who Cypress Hill are? What about Busted? Little MIx? |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 3:48:06 PM #9 | Torgo posted...
Now CE, do you remember T'Pau, Information Society, and Bel Biv DeVoe? Yoooo hit me with that Heart and Soul --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Taylor Swift first billionaire on music and performances alone. |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 3:01:27 PM #11 | So, is this an example of a "good" billionaire, or is she all of a sudden a shitty person because she went over that magic $999,999,999.99 threshold?
--- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | "How many sexual partners have you had in your life?" |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 2:29:23 PM #59 | haloiscoolisbak posted...
I was told on a date my number was "unusual" as it was only 3 when I was 28. There was no need for it, she asked, I answered, and got that response. I guess it was her attempt at "banter". Shit, I'm 46, and my number is 3. Granted, I got married at 25 to my wife who I met when I was 19 and the number was 3. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | You get $150,000 from an inheritance, how long can you make that last? |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 2:22:05 PM #21 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote]
Exactly this. Between what my parents left me, along with the money I got from selling their house, I "inherited" a lot more than $150K in 2020, and other than the money I used to pay myself back after covering the funeral costs, and paying for a trip to Puerto Rico to spread my father's ashes, I haven't touched the money. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Was John Brown a patriot? |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 1:37:12 PM #4 | John Brown, King of The Burbs?
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| Topic | Is it disrespectful to choose not to divulge your own pronouns? |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 10:05:24 AM #61 | hockeybabe89 posted...
Why are you taking this so personal? I clearly laid out the unique case of people who are non-conforming and uncomfortable. You are not the average person who raises a stink over pronouns. The average person thinks their pronouns are "obvious" yet they won't share them, but they also won't get mad if you assume their pronouns correctly. But you goddamn know that a cis woman who acts like that will be mad if you start calling her "he/him" My BIL, who's gay, has kind of an opposite take on it. He feels the need to pre-announce your pronouns hurts the movement. He feels like people should make the assumption, and they can be corrected if necessary. Kinda like how if someone has a non-common name that can easily be mispronounced, they politely correct them, and that person either corrects their behavior, or chooses to proactively not conform. He's the kind of person that longs for the day when people no longer have to "come out" or "identify themselves". --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
| Topic | Is it disrespectful to choose not to divulge your own pronouns? |
| bigblu89 04/02/24 9:56:43 AM #60 | I would respect someone's decision to not divulge their pronouns just as much as I would respect someone who wrote down pronouns that appear to be different from what "tradition" would make me think they were.
I look at pronouns no different than a nickname, in the respect that if I meet someone named Michael, but they say "I prefer to go by the name Mike" I'm not going to yell "NO YOU WERE BORN MICHAEL! I'M GOING TO CALL YOU MICHAEL NO MATTER WHAT YOU TELL ME!!!" --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. |
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