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TopicHave you gone swimming in 2024?
ParanoidObsessive
06/17/24 6:19:01 PM
#11
No, I can't swim.

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TopicDo you read more physical books or ebooks?
ParanoidObsessive
06/17/24 6:18:19 PM
#17
Physical books, because I straight up hate ebooks.

And I read constantly.

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Topici ordered some rollerblades
ParanoidObsessive
06/16/24 6:40:56 PM
#12
slacker03150 posted...
I like skating, but there is no where around me to skate casually. And using them as transportation is annoying because you have to swap them out in between stores.

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

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TopicThe "God is not as what he seems" trope in video games
ParanoidObsessive
06/16/24 6:30:08 PM
#29
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodIsEvil



Lokarin posted...
I'd like an example where god is EXACTLY what they seem in a video game

God of War.

Most gods there seem like assholes, because they are assholes.

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TopicI am full of the joy and whimsy of life being good
ParanoidObsessive
06/16/24 3:49:42 PM
#2
I'm more of a sour Superman.

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TopicAre you playing the most popular game on Steam... Banana?
ParanoidObsessive
06/16/24 3:48:39 PM
#4
Lokarin posted...
ok... I just looked

1,469,441 Bananas were sold in the last 24 hours according to my steam stats...

Assuming the bulk of these are in rubles, and the dev gets 1 fractional currency every transaction... that's a good $15k a day, every day... forever

...holy crap that's easy money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqVLPx-4O48

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TopicA question for Genshin players
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 11:51:11 PM
#6
adjl posted...
but I'd say that if you're looking for people to be impressed by your video game accomplishments, stick to games that don't have any sort of paid advantages.

I'd say that if you're looking for people to be impressed by your video game accomplishments, you should probably reevaluate your life choices.

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TopicI drove my car on June 14th
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 11:46:37 PM
#9
DirtBasedSoap posted...
it sprung a leak

https://www.amazon.com/KGA-Auto-Parts-Aluminum-Cooling/dp/B0D6DBTJ9T

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Topichot tub time machine has no right to be as excellent as it is
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 11:36:34 PM
#9
AltOmega2 posted...
was the sequel any good? the trailers seemed like it was over-the-top but not in a good way

The sequel was trash.

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TopicMoral foundations test
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 10:51:43 PM
#3
Zareth posted...
Most of these tests are hot garbage

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TopicToday is Zaandam day
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 7:21:09 PM
#10
adjl posted...
I can't imagine why it might sound like that.

"You'll own nothing and be happy."

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TopicOut of the 3 big addictions which are you?
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 12:43:55 PM
#8
None of the above.

My main addiction is the same one most people seem to have these days - Internet Addiction.

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TopicToday is Zaandam day
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 10:59:04 AM
#2
Lokarin posted...
I hate copilot

https://allthings.how/how-to-disable-copilot-on-windows-11

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TopicSo... what's your stance on the use of the stargate?
ParanoidObsessive
06/15/24 3:04:24 AM
#11
CarefreeDude posted...
I'm concerned about disease from other worlds. Nobody wants space herpes

https://youtu.be/MnJrenTkGGE?t=39


This is now the second Ice Pirates reference I've made this week. Shit's cray-cray.



SinisterSlay posted...
The jaffa can't get herpes

And even if they could, just toss 'em in a Sarcophagus and they'll be fine.

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TopicSo... what's your stance on the use of the stargate?
ParanoidObsessive
06/14/24 5:13:05 PM
#3
VioletZer0 posted...
The risk is worth the reward.

This.

Plus, the Goa'uld have known about Earth for thousands of years, so it's not like using the Gate gave us away, it just reminded them we were a potential threat.

In a universe without the Gate or SG-1 we probably get invaded by Anubis or the Replicators sooner rather than later regardless.

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TopicDid ya'll know catholics can't use contraceptives?
ParanoidObsessive
06/14/24 5:06:24 PM
#8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBjsFAyiwA

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TopicFlorida or Edmonton? Who will win?
ParanoidObsessive
06/14/24 5:01:55 PM
#16
CassandraCroft posted...
Also not everyone follows Ice hockey.

Almost no one outside of Canada follows ice hockey.

The US is about the only other country that cares at all, and even here it's like the 17th most popular sport.

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TopicAre you watching/following Euro 2024?
ParanoidObsessive
06/13/24 7:12:27 PM
#8
Muscles posted...
I mean, we're mostly Americans on a video game website, even if we like sports they are most likely American ones

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Topicwho is gonna host wheel now
ParanoidObsessive
06/13/24 12:22:57 PM
#15
GameReviews posted...
Craig Ferguson would actually be a great pick.

My brain skimmed over that as "Craig Ferguson would actually be a great prick."

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Topicbiskits n grayve
ParanoidObsessive
06/13/24 12:05:45 PM
#2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzuaXXtnUc

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TopicOrange Juice
ParanoidObsessive
06/13/24 12:03:55 PM
#15
Tropicana, no pulp.

Preferably with vodka in it.

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TopicWould you share your gamefaqs posting history with your gf/wife
ParanoidObsessive
06/12/24 7:18:06 PM
#6
Yes, but she wouldn't care.

She's never been interested in the site.

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Topicwho is gonna host wheel now
ParanoidObsessive
06/12/24 4:12:15 AM
#4
Muscles posted...
Brandon Sanderson, finishing off Wheel is something he's known for

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6odkq8jNo1qbolbn.gif

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TopicBarad-Dur
ParanoidObsessive
06/12/24 2:04:59 AM
#5
Someone needs to build that, then put a firework inside it, and blow it up to look like this:

https://youtu.be/0wgkg3-bMEA?t=70


Bonus points for filming it in slow motion.

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TopicWas there even anything GOOD announced?
ParanoidObsessive
06/11/24 3:42:11 PM
#3
No.

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Topicdo you put coleslaw on a hotdog
ParanoidObsessive
06/11/24 3:38:34 PM
#14
Nade_Duck posted...
cole slaw is gross though, hard pass.

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TopicDoes the average gamefaqs user prefer dogs or cats?
ParanoidObsessive
06/10/24 10:53:05 AM
#9
GanonsSpirit posted...
Interesting that dogs were preferred for a long time, but the preference changed to cats as the number of users declined.

The preference changed to cats as the normal users all left and only the antisocial terminally online types remained.

That demographic has always disproportionately loved cats more.

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TopicDo you like soft pretzels?
ParanoidObsessive
06/10/24 10:48:11 AM
#8
Cacciato posted...
Its okay to not make topics here, just to let you know.

This.

Most of us kind of prefer the slower pace here, and would rather it not just turn into CE Lite.





But yes, I do like soft pretzels.

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TopicHow do you pronounce Hydrocity Zone?
ParanoidObsessive
06/10/24 10:39:46 AM
#8
Zareth posted...
It's clearly NOT a city, so hydrocity.

But by that logic it can't be hydrocity either, because that's not a real word. So the name is wrong no matter what.

On the other hand, it is pretty clearly supposed to be a ruined underwater city (albeit rendered in 90s graphics), so you'd be objectively wrong regardless.



It's a shame that the Japanese name for it is just a bad transliteration from English, otherwise the implied context would be obvious.

But the fact that every other zone name is a compound name (Angel Island, Marble Garden, Carnival Night) has implications.

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TopicWhat is a "support local fee"?
ParanoidObsessive
06/10/24 10:12:11 AM
#14
adjl posted...
Painting fees like that in a positive light by calling it "supporting local" can actually have the opposite effect. A lot of people like the idea of doing more to support local businesses, given that the money spent there stays within the community and gives them an opportunity to meaningfully shape what's available in their city. It's widely accepted that that often means spending a bit more because small businesses don't have as many opportunities to cut corners as larger ones (economies of scale, negotiating supplier discounts with larger buying power, supplier exclusivity deals), so if a delivery platform tacks on a fee that's explicitly meant to support local businesses (and it does, because delivery platforms' fees take a huge chunk out of small businesses' revenue), people accept that as an inevitable cost of the greater good. Framing the fee like that also hides that it does not itself directly support local businesses, since these delivery platforms are generally multinational corporations.

Unfortunately there've been multiple studies done that seem to imply that people will generally choose "cheap" over all other considerations when spending money, except in major edge cases. Whether that means shopping at a Wal-Mart instead of nearby local businesses (even if that kills local businesses in the long run), or buying lower quality products (even if that means you're actually spending more in the long run because you need to replace things more often). We may say we want to support smaller or local businesses, but in reality we rarely do (unless said business offers some unique service or experience).

Even worse, people tend to resent extra costs more if they feel they have no real say in the matter. People who would otherwise be happy to tip for service may see an automatically assessed and charged gratuity as an imposition. Or may wind up tipping less.

A lot of extra fees slip through because people aren't paying attention, but "forced charities" can definitely be a turn-off for people, even if they might otherwise agree with the sentiment . Not to mention potentially being wary that the money isn't necessarily going where it claims to be going (is it really supporting local businesses, or is the only business it's supporting the delivery service itself?).


Though this discussion is somehow making me want to get Chinese for lunch, so if nothing else it may have helped at least one small local business.

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TopicThe City of Telosa
ParanoidObsessive
06/10/24 9:26:11 AM
#5
adjl posted...
If your idea for a city relies on vehicles that currently don't exist as anything other than concept art, it's probably not going to come to fruition.

Hey, it could always be worse:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia

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TopicDo you miss SBAllen?
ParanoidObsessive
06/09/24 4:41:57 PM
#14
adjl posted...
Under Fandom, though, their conduct to date has shown that they believe social traffic on the site is impeding their ability to make use of it, so any day now there's a chance they'll just kill it with little warning.

It's probably not so much that as it is believing that the site being made up almost entirely of antisocial and hostile users in their late 30s and up is impeding their ability to attract new and younger users to the site.

The thing is, they're right.

Relevant poll: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/9576-how-long-have-you-been-coming-to-gamefaqs

The problem is that trying to chase the younger demo almost certainly won't work (just like it isn't going to work for Facebook). They're trying to amputate now to make sure the patient survives - the fact that they're probably going to kill the patient in the process is more accident than deliberate intent.

But if they did kill all the social boards here and just turned the site into a central search hub pointing at their own external wikis.and relevant YouTube videos (with limited game boards to ask on-topic questions), it probably would start drawing in new eyes. The main reason why younger people don't use the site is because GameFAQs has been obsolete - as both a game support site and as social media - for more than a decade.

Basically, no matter who owns the site, they're left with a catch-22 where every possible choice is bad. The status quo is a site slowly and inevitably dying (while eating bandwidth and server costs with minimal return because most people use AdBlock). Trying to fix the site most likely kills the site. Even successfully fixing the site (somehow) likely results in a much smaller, streamlined site where usage is just a slow and steady (but sustainable) trickle rather than a major asset.

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TopicMega Drive is a better name than Genesis
ParanoidObsessive
06/09/24 6:33:36 AM
#17
Zareth posted...
Pretty sure 99% of kids thought the Genesis was the first Sega console. I know I did.

In the US it basically was. The Master System sold incredibly poorly here.

Europe's the only place it really succeeded. It didn't even do all that well in Japan (and neither did the Genesis/Mega Drive).

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TopicDo you miss SBAllen?
ParanoidObsessive
06/08/24 2:18:37 PM
#4
I miss CJayC.

Daddy abandoned us.

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TopicMega Drive is a better name than Genesis
ParanoidObsessive
06/08/24 2:02:24 PM
#12
adjl posted...
"Genesis" is a good name for a first console, but kind of weird and confusing for a second one.

The XBox One says hello!



OhhhJa posted...
Nintendo dolphin would be the goofiest console name of all time

Not in any universe where the Wii exists. Or worse, the Wii-U.

https://youtu.be/MpVzqzoJc0g?t=12

I might even throw the Neo Geo into that mix. And honestly, TurboGrafx-16 is pretty goofy as well.

Plus if we count the home computer/console hybrids the examples drastic go up. The Pippin, XEGS, Adam. And then there's foreign/weird gimmick stuff like the Xavix, Zemmix, Zeebo, Playdia, Super A'Can, Loopy, Marty, Pico, Wondermega, X'Eye. Oh, and don't forget the Ouya!

There's been a LOT of goofy/stupid names in gaming.

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TopicMy crazy predictions for the June Nintendo Direct
ParanoidObsessive
06/08/24 12:00:19 AM
#30
GameReviews posted...
This post feels so like... 2006. I feel like the hype around these types of events is just non-existent anymore. Nobody really treats them seriously since E3 died.

Most people stopped caring before E3 died. Which is part of why E3 died.

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TopicYou have discovered the secret to eternal youth
ParanoidObsessive
06/07/24 11:48:08 PM
#24
adjl posted...
As I'm interpreting it, it's not accelerating the passage of time, it's just accelerating the aging process.

As described, it's not really that. He said you're draining time, not life.

Presumably, you're not just aging them at an accelerated rate, you're instantaneously jumping them forward to the state of being they would have at the point in time you've aged them to, while resetting yourself back to a prior state.

Though that raises a question - if you had a broken leg when you were 20, if you rewind your time back to 20, would you have a broken leg again, or will you just appear as the sort of Platonic Ideal of your younger self?

If you were really skinny at 20 and spent 10 years working out and bulking up, would your rewound self literally be a scrawny 20 year old, or a 20-year old version of your 30 year old self? How much ontological inertia are we talking here?



Also, not strictly related, but now I want to post this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u0vqD202Tw

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TopicMega Drive is a better name than Genesis
ParanoidObsessive
06/07/24 4:57:50 PM
#4
I think it's mostly just nostalgia. I've always thought Mega Drive sounded kind of lame, but Genesis is cool.

But I also would have preferred "Nintendo Dolphin" over GameCube. Exotic names are always cooler than simpler or utilitarian ones.

Same with the "Nintendo Revolution" (waaaaaaaaaaaay better than Wii). Or Atari Jaguar and Lynx compared to the Atari 2600 or 5200.

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TopicYou have discovered the secret to eternal youth
ParanoidObsessive
06/07/24 4:37:19 PM
#16
TheFalseDeity posted...
Probably would use it. I dont want to extend my life but aging some people to get them out of this world quicker would be something to consider.

In that scenario you might want to hope it goes both ways.

Drain people you hate, give the extra vitality back to people you deem worthy.



adjl posted...
Meanwhile, you de-age by the same margin, so unless you're only making a few years' difference it's going to be really obvious that you're responsible.

This is the real problem.

The last few decades have become a really bad time for immortals to exist in. You can't really remain anonymous, or fake your death/create new identities. Even moving from place to place every few years would only work so long.

If you stay young forever, someone will notice eventually. And then you're being hunted and dissected. If your power works in reverse, now the rich and powerful will want to force you to use it to keep them young. If it doesn't (or you just won't), now you're getting experimented on to try and replicate it.

Even if you only shave a few days at a time, you will start to draw attention eventually. Even "He looks really good for his age!" starts getting really suspicious when you're supposed to be 80 but still look 20.

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Topicwhy are restaurant napkins so dusty
ParanoidObsessive
06/06/24 8:11:08 PM
#3
Same reason paper towels tend to shed lint dust.

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TopicYou have discovered the secret to eternal youth
ParanoidObsessive
06/06/24 7:13:12 PM
#3
I swear someone asked this question recently.

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Topic20 Years Lets go!
ParanoidObsessive
06/06/24 7:08:29 PM
#7
Maximothelad posted...
I don't understand this but OK! :D

DToast is Community Manager. He's 27. He made his first account here about a year ago.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80356040

The site as a whole is older than he is. Some of us have been here nearly as long. More than half of us have been here since before he went through puberty. Almost everyone here has been here since before he joined.

I'm assuming Foppe is using one of those as a standard.

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TopicPsychopathic Geniuses.
ParanoidObsessive
06/06/24 6:55:59 PM
#10
The_Judge posted...
Only 1 in 31,560 people have a 160+ IQ

"...the current view of psychologists and other scholars of genius is that a minimum level of IQ (approximately 125) is necessary for genius but not sufficient, and must be combined with personality characteristics such as drive and persistence, plus the necessary opportunities for talent development."

"Genius" is a very subjective term, and there really isn't an official cut-off number (if you even accept the validity of IQ tests at all). Mensa uses 130. A few others use 146.

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TopicHello there.
ParanoidObsessive
06/05/24 7:58:25 PM
#13
C_Pain posted...
RI is pretty dead, what about this place?

It's even worse here. Also, most of us have cooties. You'd be way better off there.

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TopicWhat all undead enemies are immune to or absorb Holy?
ParanoidObsessive
06/05/24 7:50:09 PM
#3
https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/positive-energy-undead.872062/
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nc78?Positive-Energy-Undeads
https://www.reddit.com/r/mattcolville/comments/gz9r3l/positive_undead/

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TopicSo PotD is the new CE?
ParanoidObsessive
06/05/24 7:40:23 PM
#7
Is it too late to get Fandom to lock down PotD as well? Maybe we can funnel the flood over to RI instead.

Hell, that's where they should be going anyway, considering it was the original safety valve for LUE when that got locked down. Just let history repeat itself.

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TopicHow many beers before you go 'ah, that was nice' and 'guess i'm drinkin now'?
ParanoidObsessive
06/05/24 8:34:06 AM
#6
None, because I don't drink beer.

And hard liquors (like bourbon) aren't really something you just oops your way into (even as mixed drinks). You're pretty much making a choice the moment you pick one up.

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TopicWhat is the last full album you listened to?
ParanoidObsessive
06/04/24 11:15:20 PM
#19
Seal II

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TopicYou can get rid of one of these things, which are you taking?
ParanoidObsessive
06/04/24 10:27:38 PM
#14
The need to eat/drink, which should also the need to poo/pee by proxy, because that's where the waste comes from.

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TopicMarvel vs dc
ParanoidObsessive
06/04/24 6:53:00 PM
#11
Nade_Duck posted...
i like certain aspects of each, but marvel has wolverine so dc can suck it.

BlackScythe0 posted...
DC has Batman and... nothing else.

https://i2.wp.com/multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/Dark-Claw-Cover-sq.jpg
https://amalgam.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Claw

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