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I'll definitely be up watching it live. I just hope we get an exciting race at least once this year.

"Bender, honey, we love you."
"Shut up, baby, I know it!"
*pimp struts out the door*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ZdJtJo4Ok

tankboy posted...

Fencing requires very little space and the equipment is relatively cheap.

It's not so much that it's cheap, as swords, masks, and scoring systems can be fairly pricey. It's that it's literally designed for sword fighting, so it's super durable and rarely needs replacing. It's a one-time investment.

Baseball, indoor soccer, and bowling as a kid. But those were never affiliated with school. Baseball was your typical youth sports league. Indoor soccer was similar, but we had to drive 45 minutes to the next town because ours didn't have a facility or league. Don't fully remember how I ended up starting that in the first place, but it was really awesome. And bowling leagues are kind of a family tradition. My parents met in a bowling league, and my brother and I have both been bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments for decades.

And then there's the one I always get shit for whenever I mention it. I was a fencer for my high school and competed in the state tournament twice. And everyone always immediately assumes "privileged rich asshole" but I swear it was just a normal public school. We just got really really lucky. There was a student who happened to be born and raised in our town who, on his own time with his family, had been training with aspirations to become an Olympic fencer. He was one of the top ranked youth fencers in the entire country. The kid was an absolutely insanely good fencer. He just happened to attend the same public high school, and his junior year just because he thought it would be fun, he asked the school if they would sponsor a fencing club and he and his parents, who clearly had plenty of experience, offered to coach for free. They also had plenty of spare equipment like swords and masks with his Olympic training connections, so people could try it out before dropping hundreds of dollars on an admittedly expensive school sport. It was so much fun, and getting to watch him basically troll everybody in every match against other schools was wild. XD

Trash-tier game that ruined what was, up to that point, my favorite series of all time. Fucking garbage game that was more interested in chasing shitty CoD trends than improving Halo. Loadouts, reticle bloom, and armor abilities ruined Halo.

At least the single player campaign was good. But we all know you bought Halo for multiplayer, and Reach multiplayer was a drastic and embarrassing downgrade for absolutely no reason. And it straight-up destroyed Halo esports.

The game killed Halo. Bungie didn't even want to make it, and it showed. But they were forced to in order to get their independence from Microsoft (along with ODST). Bungie wanted Halo 3 to be the end of the franchise. But M$ refused to let them stop making their cash cow. So they basically just used it as practice for the game they really wanted to make (Destiny, with more extensive loadout customization and more extensive abilities).

I will never understand why so many people love the game that ruined one of the greatest franchises of all time.

The really sad thing is that Republicans could have easily passed the bill and then spent the rest of the election season bragging about how they had solved the problem. You know, like a normal government should function.

But they're not interested in governing. They're only interested in oppressing. And hate works better for that.

HylianFox posted...

ngl people who equate ephebophilia with pedophilia are annoying

There's a pretty big difference between a person who's 17 and a person who's 7

While you're not wrong, let's not pretend that people using ephebophilia aren't more often talking about the difference between 11 and 14. >_>

famfam posted...

I'm supposed to be upset by this but be completely ok with it if the girl was 18?

I mean, you do have to draw a line somewhere. Though I'm not sure why the line for creepy is 18 when the majority of the planet sets the line for legal at 16. You'd think those would be the same line one way or the other, no?

Late 30's is probably gonna win.

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I have never in my life sat down and thought "why won't this PC work?" when there was no PC in front of me. That's not a brainfart. That's dementia.

Also reddit karma.

I keep telling myself I should get one, but I still haven't done it. I see so many fucking idiot drivers around here.

Now there's a throwback.

Played and loved the first one. But I don't own a PS5, so I've been waiting since Forbidden West released for the PC port coming this week.

If it gives me the option to say 'no' and keep browsing, I'll do that. If there's no option to refuse, I close the tab and find a different site.

divot1338 posted...

I just thought of the best pickup line for that place.

https://youtu.be/WlI9YEdoA3E?si=7rDeFkVMMLgCrvrl&t=73

Date a bowler. You won't believe what we can do with 2 fingers and a thumb. ;-)

IdiotMachine posted...

Harkonnen seems like a macho/strong society. So why would they drug the Atreides prisoners before they have them fight the skinnier nephew?

They want to appear macho/strong. But they also want to make sure they themselves are not in danger. Feyd-Rautha was actually excited when he realized one of the Atreides prisoners wasn't drugged, and that it was a test from his father the Baron.

IdiotMachine posted...

Why did Paul fire nuclear missiles behind the army, instead directly at them? These bombs dont seem to be world-ending powerful, so strategic missiles against the well grouped army seems to have been a better option.

He wasn't trying to destroy the army with the nukes. He used them to blow a hole in the mountain-wall surrounding the city in order to get in with the sand worms.

IdiotMachine posted...

How come majority of these soldiers seem to not have any of those shields up, and the fremen are tearing through them so easily? The first movie made it very clear you have to attack in a specific fast-but-slow method to pierce those shields; its very clear the fremen are not fighting like this, nor were there any scenes that showed them being trained to fight like this.

Stylistic choice, I guess. I'm pretty sure the Sardaukar were all using shields in the book. Probably would have been one hell of a CG budget to add shields for every soldier during the fight scenes and likely wouldn't have looked very good. So they just ignored them for practical reasons. The point of the shields basically was just to force hand-to-hand combat, and they didn't really need an excuse for that in the movie.

IdiotMachine posted...

Paul releases the fremen to go attack the other houses in the air/space. How do the fremen know how to pilot the emperors spacecrafts?

They don't. The spacecrafts are all piloted by Guild Navigators. Since they are so infused with Spice, they will literally die if they lose their supply or are removed from their Spice-infused water tanks. As such, they follow whoever controls the Spice.

IdiotMachine posted...

I didnt understand the significance of walking through the desert in that dancing way. Why walk like that? If its to avoid the worms, how come they dont always walk like that?

Rythmic sounds are what attract the worms. They walk like that on the sand because it obscures the sound of their footsteps, making it sound more like sand being blown by the wind than the footsteps of a creature, so the worms will ignore it. They don't do it all the time because there are many places where the worms can't reach due to rock near the surface or the sand being too shallow.

IdiotMachine posted...

If the worms can be summoned so easily, be driven around like trains and devour everything in their path, are bulletproof, and arent harmed by missiles, why havent the fremens used it as a weapon?

Since there's lots of places the worms can't reach (the capital Arrikeen being the biggest example, hence the nukes to blow a hole in the mountain to let them in), they wouldn't be much help in a proper full-scale war on the planet.

IdiotMachine posted...

If the emperor can very easily tell the south has human activity, how did the harkonens miss that?

Why was the emperor so quick to get rid of the harkonens (destroying Barons life support and his spine thingy)?

They didn't miss it, they were lying to the emperor when they told him they didn't know about the activity in the south. They knew about it, they just couldn't do anything because the storms were too extreme for them to get their ornithopters through and they were too arrogant to believe that the Fremen were enough of a threat to be worth the effort.

The Baron had designs on the imperial throne for himself (well, for his son Feyd-Rautha, as his puppet), and the Emperor knew it. His failures on Arrakis were all the excuse the Emperor needed to get rid of him, even if he didn't get the chance to finish it himself before Paul arrived.

I've been bowling for 30 years and I've never gotten to do it naked. That sounds like fun, tbh.

I thought it was fantastic, honestly. They made more diversions from the book than I think I expected going in, but they mostly made sense.

But I will say that the movie really doesn't explain things for you. If you weren't already familiar with the story of Dune, a lot of the movie just wouldn't make any sense. But if you already know the intricacies of the Dune universe and things like "what is the gom jabbar?" and "what is the Spice Agony and how do the Bene Gesserit survive it?" then the movie is amazing.

Run, now! Leave before it's too late!

If you're just talking nudes and/or solo vids, then yeah probably. I'm an exhibitionist, and I used to send a ton of them. I'm sure at least a couple had to have gotten out there onto the wider internet at some point. Never come across one, though.

But if you mean proper sex with a partner, then no. I've never filmed with someone else before. I definitely would, though. I just haven't met any that were into that.

Yeah, a few of them. First big one was a clan in Warframe that found me right when I started playing. I was so lost and joining random games 'cause I had no idea what to do. One random dude noticed how confused I seemed and started explaining everything. Invited me to his clan because a good portion of the weapons can only be crafted via the clan hall and his clan had almost everything unlocked. I played the game for a little over a year and was one of the top clan members by the time I moved on.

Eventually started playing Destiny 2, and an IRL buddy of mine invited me to his clan. Met some genuinely great friends through that clan and even though a bunch of us have moved on from Destiny, we still have our clan discord server and play other games together all the time.

You don't expect them to send a truck just for your package, do you? If they give you a 10-day estimate, that means they expect it will take about 10 days for them to receive enough packages going in that direction to fill a truck and make it worthwhile.

As long as she didn't say New Vegas, I'm cool with it.

Ugh, I can't believe they missed the most obvious unique thing Dune could bring to the genre. I don't want to build a damn castle for the 1000th time, I want to carve out my own Sietch! The whole building system should be hollowing out caverns under the scattered rock outcroppings of the desert.

lydiaquayle posted...

What do you think of theaters and stadiums charging more for courtside/ front row/ balcony seats, and charging less for mezzanine, nosebleeds sections?

You're getting a different product/experience, so you're paying a different price. You're not getting the same experience sitting in the top row of a stadium as you are sitting close enough to talk to the players.

That's not in any way comparable. But you already know that.

I thought Jordan was generally understood to be kind of a massive prick? God on the court, but pretty shitty human being anywhere else from what I've heard.

I'm imagining someone tossing it on the ground and then speeding off in their car just to have a helicopter blade chasing them around the city.

If you think that would result in anything other than the business raising prices to make the "slump" price the same as the current normal, then you're delusional. It's just surge pricing with a more predatory name. They're not going to give you anything for cheaper.

1. Grocery store
2. Drug store
3. Bowling alley
4. Amusement park (Geauga Lake)
5. The same amusement park again, but under Six Flags this time
6. Movie rental store
7. Convenience store
8. Commissary warehouse at a sports stadium
9. Commercial plant nursery
10. Automotive upholstery shop
11. Gas station
12. Data cabling business

I've cast a pretty wide net, I guess. I think the stadium warehouse and my current data cabling jobs have been my favorite. They're the only two where I haven't hated either my bosses or the customers with a passion. I was pretty damn great in the warehouse and was on track for a management position in the next year, but their contract expired and they got outbid for the next season. The new company only kept like 3 people from the entire staff. I'm still salty about it.

There's been at least 1 at nearly every job I've ever had, yes.

One of them was the owner. Complete asshole who regularly screamed at employees in front of everyone for things everybody knew either weren't the person's fault or weren't wrong in the first place. But nobody had the balls to say or do anything about it. I put up with it for about a year and a half because I wasn't usually the target of his rage, but eventually even I'd had enough and quit. Ran into one of my coworkers randomly a couple months later and learned my leaving had opened the floodgates and nearly half the staff had followed me out the door since. Last I heard the business was barely staying afloat. Serves the prick right.

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Unless they're not in the options because they're not in the game.

If I was ever handed a receipt like that, they would get $0 for the tip and the restaurant would lose a customer. Wouldn't bother going to a manager or anything that extreme 'cause there's no point and I'm not actively out for the person's job. And I'm sure any server obnoxious enough to pull that would be bitching loud enough for the rest of the night that the manager would find out anyway.

The fastest way to lose your tip is to act like you're entitled to it. But if you just give me good service and are polite, I'm usually a pretty generous tipper. The system is fucking stupid, but that's not the server's fault. And if a few extra bucks is going to make or break my finances I wouldn't be dining out in the first place.

I voted no, but it's got nothing to do with how attractive she is (which she is) or whether she's trans or not. I just would never date someone whose life revolves around IG/Twitter like that. Social media was a mistake and I'm not interested in being a part of that scene.

My cousin married a rich girl (her family had something to do with marijuana in Colorado right when it got legalized) and her family paid for the whole wedding. The catering had I think 2 Michelin stars, though I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place. Somewhere in New York, not far from NYC.

The food was...meh, I guess? It was a super fancy 7-course meal. The lamb was very good, but you only got like 3 bites of it. The soup was the only part you got any substantial amount of, but it was downright disgusting. I had 2 spoons of it and asked them to take it away because the smell alone was making me nauseous. The rest was painfully average. I would never waste my own money on crap like that, so I'm glad I got to have the experience on someone else's dime. I do not recommend it.

MrKapowski posted...

So a 3 wide finish after 400 miles of left turns is exciting?

This. Honestly sounded like even the commentators were struggling to find the hype.

NASCAR peaked with the Chastain wall-ride. Then they banned it because they don't want people actually excited about anything in the most boring sport on Earth.

My brain pre-shower: I'm not looking forward to the end, but I stink so it needs to be done.

My brain in the shower: This warm water is pretty relaxing, I wish I didn't have to get out.

My brain post-shower: I'M SUPPOSED TO BE FUCKING DRY NOW WHY THE FUCK AM I NOT DRY THIS SUCKS I FEEL CLAMMY AND GROSS MY SKIN IS CRAWLING ALL MY CLOTHES ARE STICKING TO ME WHAT THE FUCK BE DRY ALREADY FUCK MY LIFE.

I hate being wet when I'm supposed to be dry. Totally fine as long as I'm actively in the water, be it showering or swimming or whatever. But the moment I'm out, my brain thinks "I should be dry but I'm not" and it's fucking miserable for an hour or two afterwards. I don't know why I'm like this and I hate it, but I can't really do anything about it beyond grit my teeth and be uncomfortable. Still doesn't stop me from showering regularly.

"I wish that I could have known sooner"

Bitch, you could have.

Thud posted...

I don't think someone deserves to have a literal fucking felony and their entire life ruined for one lapse of judgment when they were right on the line.

Their victims don't get a choice. Just because they were lucky doesn't excuse their stupid decision. Throw the book at them the moment they get caught. Ruin their life before they ruin someone else's, don't wait until after.

I'm done with this. It's not a debate. Everyone knows drinking and driving is fucking stupid, and defending it in any way is disgusting. Tagged and moving on.

Thud posted...

That said, the onus is on the drinker to know their body and if one drink is going to effect their reflexes and decision making

It is enough to affect their reaction times and decision making. You don't trust the person to make that call because by definition they're not thinking clearly. "Let the drunk guy decide how drunk he is" is one of the stupidest suggestions you could make.

Don't drink and drive. It doesn't get any simpler than that. If you drink, you don't drive. If you do, you deserve to get arrested. Period.

If you're a citizen of the country you should have a say in how it's run. Nobody should lose their right to vote.

Thud posted...

1 or 2 drinks, especially over the course of an hour or more =/= "drunk driving".

Found the guy with multiple DUIs.

Don't feed the trolls, guys. They're wrong, anyway.

I just hope they realize how stupid drunk driving is and stop trying to justify and defend it before they put someone in the hospital.

Thud posted...

Some states the legal limit is stupidly low, literally one or two drinks can get you arrested.

Good. One drink still affects your reflexes and reasoning.

Don't drink if you're going to be driving. This isn't a complicated concept.

It's kinda sad that people are shocked when a kid isn't an obnoxious brat.

Philip027 posted...

If you believe that, I got this really cheap bridge I want to sell you

To be fair, the software he was using was called ArtMoney. It's basically a version of CheatEngine, which would be just about the worst possible cheating software for a game as dynamic and complex as Destiny. And it's also not designed in any way to be stealthy, so even the most rudimentary anti-cheat would pick it up immediately.

I believe the guy when he says it was a mistake. I don't think he was using it to cheat in Destiny. I just also don't think that matters in the slightest and the perma-ban was completely justified.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Playing through it now, and there's a section where you fight through a huge ship battle in a thunderstorm that has been frozen in time. You can run on the surface of the sea, and there's giant lightning bolts, a huge tidal wave looming in the background, and flaming ships frozen mid-explosion. Pretty awesome looking area, but a shame it's kind of a short section you don't really need to revisit once you've cleared it.

There is likely no way Bungie could verify if he had actually been using the program to cheat in Destiny. All they could probably see is that a cheating software was running at the same time as Destiny was running. And you can't exactly take a suspected cheater's word for it when they say "I totally wasn't cheating, it was just running in the background" for obvious reasons.

Sucks for him, but completely "fair, next."

Yes, many times. I usually send them, since I'm a bit of an exhibitionist. But only if asked. I've never sent one unsolicited and never will.

Hopefully they lock him up better than he locked up his gun.