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There was no reason to think she wouldn't. Remember how everyone who denounced Trump in 2016 quickly lined up to kiss the ring?

To be a Republican means lacking any sort of integrity or dignity.

Uncle Tom doesn't even begin to apply to him.

ItsNotA2Mer posted...

not the flexible power to invent whatever new remedies may seem useful at the time

He said, without a hint of irony.

I'm sorry Clearance, what was your position on Corporations being people, again?

Naturally 2 of them are still employed.

Both recent Dooms are pure sex in terms of video games. Once you unlock the double dash and other perks, it just feels so satisfying to zip around like the god of the battlefield that you are.

There's no many of them and some are quite bare. Quite a few are pretty epic and neat though, like the gleeok, and the laser shaft one. The sense of accomplishment of getting there was part of it, but agree the islands themselves could sometimes be weak.

Rittenhouse walking free is a travesty of justice.

BlueBoy675 posted...

The Steam Deck really hammered home just how underwhelming the Switch is for me

The Steam deck is 2 years old. The Switch is nearing 7.5, and it was developed in 2016, so I would hope so. Hell, the OLED Steam deck is only 6 months old.

No, because that would have to be true in the first place.

What a weird troll topic.

PraetorXyn posted...

These people buddy up with Mitch McConnell my dude. They are not that much further along on the economic spectrum than he is, despite what you believe.

Well, you gave up the game, so no need to respond further.

This is the point where people usually blame Dems on bad messaging.

But Biden made the economy a big part of his SotU address. He's given interviews blasting Greedflation, and he and the Dems tried to tackle price gouging. Never mind putting the rich on blast.

At this point, people are just stupid. Even "groceries prices up brrrrr" has already been addressed by Biden and the Dems. But if this narrowminded attitude is all it takes to doom and gloom, then we may just be fucked as a society.

Doe posted...

So what is making people think there's a recession if there's not? There could be a disconnect between actual definition of recession and how Americans judge whether we're colloquially "in recession"

As far as I can tell, it's just inflation/greedflation.

Unemployment is at record lows. Wages have been on the rise (albeit not fast enough, but this has been a problem for decades). Unions are getting stronger for the first time in decades. The stock market is quite strong, not that that means anything. And inflation has dramatically shrunk. The cost of eating out and other things has starkly increased, but again, this is companies using inflation as a cover to raise prices. Nothing to do with any government.

_____Cait posted...

eell thats a pretty big dog whistle

It's not a dog whistle when you just come out and say it.

PraetorXyn posted...

Nah. If they were interested in building theyd have a hell of a lot more to show for it.

Only if you pretend to not understand the US government and political system, which is, by design, slow. Having a Dem President and even a Dem Congress doesn't mean a magic wand is waved and they get what they want, mostly because of this tiny little thing you may have heard of called Republicans. Even big leaps forward like Obamacare have been slowly chipped away at and diminished by Republicans.

It's kind of hard to show progress when you have an opposition party in a political system designed to give them equal say, and a renegade Supreme Court. Don't blame it for a lack of effort unless you want to seem naive and ignorant.

PraetorXyn posted...

You may be impressed. Im not, not even close. Ill still vote for them, but its absolutely pitiful how many people are happy to accept mediocrity.

Again, being impressed or not has nothing to do with if the Dems do try to build and progress or not. "They could do more" is a separate thought and argument all together...but not what you said. And most do want them to do more. But again, see the above point on the biggest issue to that.
PraetorXyn posted...

Bidens plan is not enough to prevent what climate scientists warned about years ago.

Biden's plan would never be enough, but climate change is a global problem, not a US one. Unless the whole world cooperates, even the actions by the biggest polluters won't do much to move the needle.

And again, it's not like Dems were even in control decades ago when this would have mattered more, or had a continual streak of power to make sure it's maintained. You're functioning in a fantasy world where Dems totally had the magic power to do all of this, and it was just their lack of want that prevented to do so. It's literally the opposite. You can want a party you vote for to do better or do more without resorting to such ridiculous statements.

Take the L.

emblem-man posted...

He gained more votes in 2020 than in 2016. Why do you think he also couldn't gain votes in 2024

That was due to nation-wide mail in voting.

PraetorXyn posted...

Crumbs. Look at what the rest of the first worlds leaders did over the last century and compare.

PraetorXyn posted...

And yet its far too little far too late, which he knew when he ran in the first place.

Just admit you made a foolish statement instead of this transparent backtracking. "Not enough" and "too late" by your "esteemed" judgment isn't mutually exclusive with the fact that the Dems do try to build, move forward, and progress. Status quo is literally what a conservative is, bud.

Just take the L.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

there isn't a need for a counter, the weapon system is fine because it just is

the idea that the game punishes you from experimenting due to stones being scarce is flat out not true, because you can literally just experiment. you don't know if you'll like this other weapon, so go to limgrave and fuckin use it lmao. you wasting stones upgrading something you don't even know if you'll like would be entirely your fault, not the games.

even if you didn't need bells and could just purchase them at will, it would still be completely pointless to spend the souls upgrading the weapon to end up not using it lmao

the game isn't preventing experimentation, your idea of experimentation is preventing you from experimenting.

Yikes, what a mess of a post.

And how exactly can one properly experiment without scaling the weapon in question to the one you are currently using? Especially with alt attack modes and all the variances that come with it? It's not just the feel, but the DPS as well.

Kaldrenthebold posted...

One of the more slam dunk cases against him and his rube of a shithead judge is running pure interference for him.

It seems Smith is angling to get her removed.

Because the people that vote Trump don't care about policy. They like that he's a loud, racists asshole that "triggerz teh libz!"

That's literally all it is.

He Republicans, can we call you all Nazi's now? I mean, this is only like the umpteenth example of the Right supporting Nazis, but at some point you have to accept that is who you are.

The damage it has done is inmeasurable.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

of all the legitimate faults with the game, the weapon system ain't it chief

Do you have a legitimate counter to the accusations aside from "Nah"?

Reading the names of Kingdom Hearts games gives me cancer.

And $10 says they will be terrible ports with performance issues.

This new world sucks.

Zareth posted...

Also, it's infinitely simpler than it used to be. Look at this chart.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/db388133.jpg

You beat me to it in that it's way less stupid than it used to be. Was worse than pre-Monster Hunter World monster hunter upgrade shit by far.

That said, as aces pointed out, it's still a rubbish system that doesn't actually allow you to experiment and keep multiple builds at the ready unless you grind yourself stupid, and even then it only becomes feasible when the game is nearly over and the point has vanished. It wants you to do it, teases you even (as with the summons), but doesn't allow itself to be done in a way that is practical or fun. It's bad game design, so so many aspects of the game and series.

SauI_Goodman posted...

Is this fetterman fella a republican in disguise? Seems like he's been changing his stance on a few things lately.

lol no

The topic title doesn't match at all what the link is saying. Saying what happened today in the House was Jerry Springer-esque is true.

adjl posted...

That's kind of soulslikes in general: Lots of weapon variety, but you need to commit to a build to really make it work and that means trying new things is gated behind either a grinding or starting a new playthrough.

Yep. Basically little evolution from the formula from DS, but it's a shame. Some of the weapons acquired looked really cool, but learning a new playstyle if hard enough. Grinding to get it leveled up to comprable stats to see if it's even worth your while is just sad.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I don't think I've ever encountered a store that didn't take cash.

There's a few here in ABQ that don't. Not uncommon for street vendors and smaller operations to also not accept these days.

I usually carry $40-100 on me, for any such occasions where ONLY cash is accepted. But I never use it these days otherwise.

teddy241 posted...

Sounds like you didnt know him well. He probably had tons of promotional junk and arcade cabs in his basement or in storage somewhere.

Nope, had no clue he was even there. And he does have a lot of swag and memoribilia.No basement.

Customize text message colors and themes
Remotely activate pictures with voice and hand gestures?

FL81 posted...

so it's not by all metrics

Depends on how you define "economy", and if aspects of it are influenceable by the government.

Agent_Stroud posted...

Considering the news media and the megacorps apparently are cheering on a right wing takeover of the country, what are the chances of Joe getting back in for a second term?

At the risk of tempting fate, very high. Democrats have won, and won big, in virtually every type of election since 2018, from normal Congressional ones to obscure local ones. Some have been very stunning, like the one in MI just last week that went +40 for Trump in 2020, but the Dem just won by 20 points...and INSANE 60 point swing. Or WI taking back their Supreme Court after decades of GOP control. Hell, a Dem just won in deep-Red Alabama running on pro-abortion.

Roe v Wade fucked the Right hard. Combined with discord of GOP leaders in the House, Trump's legal issue and overall unpopularity, and marquee successes by Biden, there's little reason to think Biden won't win. Never mind that Biden's war chest is vastly more than the Right's/Trumps, and the Right has to try to re-take GA and AZ, and defend NC now...and they would need ALL of those to even have a *chance* at winning.

Honestly, the Blue Wave could just be getting started.

https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1982/12/vg/the-house-that-pac-built/

Stan Jarocki. He was the VP of Marketing for Bally Midway at one point.

He also brought about Ms. Pac-Man and may have been one of the people that elected to call him Pac-Man, not Puckman, in the West. Apparently Netflix interviewed him a couple of weeks ago for an upcoming video game series. He was 94, died 2 days ago. All these sirens and stuff were going off in my street and neighborhood. I went to talk to the window, the house is full of Pac-Man stuff.

Crazy that he was living right here.

TheOtherMike posted...

The Republican Party is literally a terrorist organization.

Has been for a long time.

This is Abbott saying killing protestors that he disagrees with is A-okay.

And Biden needs to drop Garland after re-lection. Get an activist AG already.

I hope those bullies and their families are haunted the rest of the their lives.

Good (and good for my weed stocks)

AnsestralRecall posted...

The economy still sucks but tho

It actually is doing really well, by pretty much all metrics. Price greedflation and the crazy housing/renters markets right now are why these gains aren't being felt, though.

Thomas agreeing is legit fucking surprising, ho boy.

What poll?

Sarcasthma posted...

Tank controls? Did you mean to say the movement felt sluggish?

Correct. Having tank-like controls means sluggish, clunky, and feeling like you're controlling a tank.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

what does "an unrealized weapon system" even mean

It's a game that vomits a ton of really cool weapons at you, with dramatically different play styles, but caps the ability to experiment and switch between them freely without a ridiculously tedious grinding of smithing stones, which are finite to begin with, until being able to buy them late game. It's a game that seems to want you to experiment with different weapons and play styles, but makes it unrealistic to do so without a massive time sink on the player's part, rendering the point mostly moot.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

or targeting, like you're the one telling the game what you want to target and then it does that lol

The problem is, it doesn't do that well. I had far too many times to count where an enemy or group of enemies would be nearly right in front of me/dead center on a the screen, and would first target a bird I couldn't even see like 5000 miles away. It's extremely erratic and inexcusable.

This is what happens when you have been living in a Fox News-bubble reality where pushing false narratives is all your side has.

I mean, it's hopeful because it means some can still break out of the right-wing Matrix reality these people inhabit. But she gets no points on running and getting elected on something she didn't even bother to verify was true.

FL: Trying to make it so younger people can buy guns, but you have to be older to be a stripper.

OK

Link?

Hands down the best I've ever been to is in Lake Tahoe. It has like 68 holes, and whacky stuff like a mechanical spider that drops down in front of a hole.

papercup posted...

Yeah Im baffled at how the controls were never fixed. Its this weird combination of input delay, and inputs being queued up, sometimes for seconds at a time, that can make combat feel awkward and clunky. Im used to it again by now, but it still makes me go why is the game like this?

Exactly. And the god-awful platforming, which comes way more than it should in a game like this. The part where you are on a giant tree branches surrounded by giant ants and bugs have really awful tank controls.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

This combined with frustration gaming is a large part of why I've never liked the various Soulsborn games

Don't worry, you didn't miss much, between the horrid camera and controls, laughably bad targeting, an unrealized weapon system, etc.

ER is bizarre in that it's fun, but not a well-made game.

I've had it for a few years now, and it's awful. Really a cruse in that it never truly goes away, and living with that kind of...fear? That suddenly your arm and muscles will just give out.

Been to PT twice over it, once again after tweaking it trying to paddle board (same elbow but different muscle groupings). It's okay now, but about once a week I'll do something, even something simple, and feel a small twinge of pain.

Gotta keep it strengthened and working it out. Worst part is, it's my non-dominant hand and I don't do anything regularly that would have caused this. Just keyboard typing/video game playing.

Sad_Face posted...

Dude, Robinhood halting GME trades is a textbook example of the system being rigged against the common man. They did it back in 2021 and they're doing again. Hell, GME was identified as a stock to buy up to cause a liquidity squeeze in the first place because it had more shorts than shares that existed. How is that even possible?

I don't understand how people can be so blind to obvious rigging.

Not currently, know. It was halted on all platforms today and yesterday, which is common when a stock is super volatile.

DarthAragorn posted...

https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2024/05/13/chiefs-kicker-harrison-butker-bashes-pride-month-tells-women-to-stay-in-the-kitchen/

I hate being a fan of this fucking team, the winning is great but quite a bit of human garbage has been employed by them and an uncomfortable number of other fans just excuse all of it.

If it makes you feel better, every NFL has or has had some human garbage player. Just comes with the territory.

TraurigAberWahr posted...

I feel like this is a much too important article to make with a memey title like that.

Nah, pretty appropriate. The earth has know this was happening for decades, and yet here we are. Can only laugh at this point, really.

havean776 posted...

H I forgot about that laptop thing. Repubs where going on and on about it like it was fucking watergate.

Their playbook since HRC has been blowing something way out of proportion and making it stick in the headlines. In the laptop's case, it was a whole-sale lie.

Actually, they have been doing this since at least Obama. Tan suit, Starbucks cup, dijon mustard anyone?

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

I had no idea.

What are they, suicidal?

I'm not sure why you think they are at risk of being randomly attacked. Most everyone will just want a selfie.

And plenty travel incognito, or as much as they can.