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TopicOh, DeSantis...
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 10:29:49 PM
#15
He'll just demand the feds give the state money for it.

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Topic$5,000 but Trump is now the main character in the last game you played
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 8:26:41 PM
#5
Oh god, everyone in Baldur's Gate 3 would kill him.

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TopicTeaser for Watchmen Chapters 1 & 2 animated movies
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 6:29:29 PM
#46
Guide posted...
I disagree with that. Creators can be wrong about their own characters. Like, look at any given Chic tract, or how often Araki forgets any given JoJo detail.
Fair nuff, my comment was made under the assumption that the author is acting in good faith (which Chic absolutely isn't) and that the author is in fact a reliable narrator (which Araki isn't). I'll address this a bit more in my comment in response to Gobs below.

Gobstoppers12 posted...
No, see, because the writer can choose how the character thinks and acts, but he cannot control how the audience reacts to those thoughts and actions. Moore's opinion on the moral quality of his characters extends only as far as his personal opinion. Once it's out for public consumption, it's no longer under his control.

I think that makes him angry, because he wants people to think and feel a certain way about his characters, but art has a way of morphing once it's perceived by the masses. He's not the first, and won't be the last, to get mad about public perceptions of his work of art.
Sure, and I'll retract my statement that Moore's opinion of the character should be viewed as fact. I'll amend it to say that his opinion should be given a bit more weight than your average reader, because as creator he has a fuller understanding of the character than the reader. The reader may miss certain aspects of the character that the author of course doesn't. This of course is only within the confines of the author's world view alongside the confines of the piece of media.

Take Ayn Rand for example, she believes John Galt is a hero when in reality he, and everyone else that is supposed to be heroic within Atlas Shrugged, are trash human beings.

Gobstoppers12 posted...
Yes I am. And it's established that he's a complete anomaly, a one-in-a-billion occurrence who cannot be recreated.

Regarding the squid...in the last portion of the story, we're expected to not only accept that ordinary human psychics exist, but that cloning technology and genetic alterations also exist to such an extent that allows for a giant, super-powerful psychic brain to be implanted in an actual living mutated squid monster created by a bunch of scientists and some special effects guys on a tropical island.

Then, we're also expected to accept and understand that, when a psychic dies, their brain sends out a pulse of psychic energy which--after extensive torture--can be so potent and terrible that it literally kills everybody in range of it.

We're also expected to believe that those hollywood special effects guys and scientists are capable of creating a creature that appears to be from a completely different dimension. Such that, under close analysis and international scrutiny, nobody on Earth is capable of recognizing that it's a fake made out of a cloned human brain and some mutated squid parts.

If a significant portion of the story had been devoted to building those concepts, it might have been believable in the end, but all those details kind of feel like an ass-pull when you stop to think too hard about it. Which, again, is sort of the point being made about the absurdity of comic book plot lines, but at the end of the day it's still expecting readers/viewers to accept all those things, whether satirical or not.
Which all why I actually prefer the film's ending. By a huge margin.

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TopicTeaser for Watchmen Chapters 1 & 2 animated movies
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 5:09:46 PM
#29
Gobstoppers12 posted...
Quite frankly, nobody actually cares what Alan Moore thinks of his fans. He's got his opinions about his own characters, but that doesn't necessarily make it the 'correct' opinion.
Yes and no. Moore's view on the characters are facts, not opinions, because he created them.

You can argue whether or not he was effective at portraying what he says he the characters are but that is about it.

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TopicTeaser for Watchmen Chapters 1 & 2 animated movies
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 4:51:04 PM
#10
divot1338 posted...
Who did worse things?

The bad guy Rorschach?

or

the good guy Ozymandias?
The point is, neither of them are good. Go ask the creator Alan Moore.

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TopicFrom where does this Sticking it to the Libs mindset stem, do you think?
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 10:52:41 AM
#8
Because conservatives don't have real policies anymore, only grievances.

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TopicTrump admits he has a gun, violating Federal Law once again as criminal scum
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 10:49:52 AM
#35
Kradek posted...
No he lied when checking a box on a gun application form (something Republicans don't think should be a crime). He wasn't convicted of anything or a felon before that.

What people are talking about for Trump is a federal law that says convicted felons can't own/be around firearms.

I'm getting conflicting results when searching for what others are talking about as I see both results for how all it takes to be considered a felon is to be convicted of a felony as well as it saying being sentenced to a year or more in prison makes you a felon.
Ah my bad. Thanks for the clarification.

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TopicTrump admits he has a gun, violating Federal Law once again as criminal scum
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 10:30:12 AM
#30
Isn't this what they just convicted Hunter Biden on?

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TopicElon gets his $56 billion
ScazarMeltex
06/13/24 10:13:22 AM
#15
Karovorak posted...
Do you want to know the crazy part of this?

Tesla stock is rising because of this news.
Almost like the stock market has no basis in practical reality.

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Topictechbros have discovered trains exist
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 3:11:12 PM
#11
That's alright, they rediscovered sail boats last year.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1674718315468521472

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TopicNewly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have Donald Trump's name all over them
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 3:08:44 PM
#18
ItsNotA2Mer posted...
And still completely relevant today, especially considering he was recently convicted of sexual assault, and all the stories coming out about what a creeper he was at the beauty pageants.
Oh I don't disagree. I just don't want people to be confused thinking this is some sort of new information.

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TopicNewly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents have Donald Trump's name all over them
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 3:02:36 PM
#10
Article is from January.

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TopicIn a Bizarre Statement, Trump Says Bitcoin Should Only be Mined in the US
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 1:30:35 PM
#2
I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't know anything about how bitcoin is mined.

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TopicI just beat 00 agent for Train on Goldeneye
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 1:26:07 PM
#16
DKBananaSlamma posted...
Enjoy Control on 00 Agent lol. That is probably the hardest level
Christ. I remember that one. I gave up on my 00 quest for like 2 months after that one ;p

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Topic77 year-old Oakland Homeowner arrested for shooting home burglar
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 1:22:40 PM
#61
Garioshi posted...
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2019/11/21/ belfair-man-accused-murdering-intruder-shower-found-guilty/4266115002/
This is the most recent example I can think of. If a home intruder is taking a shower and you leave the house to get a gun, come back, and shoot them, you are a murderer.
Yeah at that point you can pretty much safely call the cops and let them shoot the intruder.

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TopicDallas Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson pledges $100M towards Trump re-election
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 1:14:38 PM
#55
solosnake posted...
why do people funnel so much money to politicians? shits crazy
Because Trump will give billionaires another tax break. So this is up front money to save him far more down the road.

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Topic77 year-old Oakland Homeowner arrested for shooting home burglar
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 1:04:45 PM
#52
Zikten posted...
Republicans are gonna whine about him being arrested

I think the exact way it went down will matter. Did he shoot the guy when he was trying to flee? Did he sneak up on them? Did the robbers ever threaten him before the gun went off?

I'm not sure I feel that people should be allowed to kill to defend objects. Its kind of a fucked up premise
Thing is, if you are in my home illegally, I don't know why you are there. Could be there to kill me. Could be there to rape my wife. Could be there to steal my stuff. Thing is, I'm not going to give you the opportunity to explain why you are there, nor should I be required to, because doing so puts me at risk. Don't be in my fucking house illegally and this won't be a problem for you.

The only scenario where I won't be shooting is if I they become aware that I'm aware of them and they are leaving.

Even that though can be sketchy. Maybe the guy is running down the hall so he can get some cover and shoot at me. You don't know in these situations and I'm not super interested in being wrong and ending up dead.

This scenario is bad though. If I'm reading correctly the guy was out of the house when he got shot. Which is bullshit. Dude isn't in your house, has clearly stopped being a threat, you done fucking shoot him.

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TopicWaPo investigation finds hundreds of cops sexually abused children
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 1:02:09 PM
#16
Not at all surprised. Cops are widely known for abusing their power. When you abuse authority one way it makes you more likely to abuse it in others.

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TopicThe dangers of billionaires owning our news media.
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 12:09:38 PM
#32
HylianFox posted...
The media wants Trump to win because he's a goddamn circus.
And because he'll give giant corporations another big ass tax cut.

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TopicRumor: Warner Bros is trying to buy Harry Potter rights from Rowing
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 11:14:53 AM
#31
Compsognathus posted...
That's what I mean when I say harming HP. I don't think she's actually going to be writing like openly transphobic official HP material. But she frankly doesn't need to. She just needs to keep being an absolute piece of shit while owning the franchise.
Sure because there are a chunk of people, myself included, who won't give her any more money.

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TopicI just beat 00 agent for Train on Goldeneye
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 11:00:45 AM
#8
Oh man, I spent so much time back in the day trying to 00 all of the missions. So many good memories from back then.

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TopicElon Musk dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI after they published his emails.
ScazarMeltex
06/12/24 9:28:50 AM
#4
Dude is such a fucking idiot.

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Topicwhy unions are bad
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 10:04:12 PM
#167
ssb_yunglink2 posted...
Employers hold immense power over lower skilled jobs though. What kind of argument is this

You dont think a cashier should be protected just because it isnt specialized?
He's one of those dudes that think service industry people don't really deserve much of anything beyond the ability to serve their societal betters.

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TopicIn sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 6:13:40 PM
#6
Robot2600 posted...
yea but does this earn my vote? i mean does it earn it?

/s


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TopicFrance about to fall to far right
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 5:53:25 PM
#46
On_The_Edge posted...
the left: goes way too far
*pendulum swings back*
the left: surprised pikachu face
What policies do you believe that France enacted that were "way too far"?
Please be specific.

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Topic"Straight Pride" flag
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 10:46:00 AM
#48
pinky0926 posted...
Style was the point. The uniform was a propaganda piece. Look at us, we are so sharp and sophisticated and powerful looking. Join us and you get to look this baller too.

Every military in the world tries to do this, the nazis just did it better than anyone else.

I think acknowledging this as a weapon the nazis used rather than pretending it's not true is actually pretty important.
Yeah, I mean, I hate Nazis as much as anyone. I've been in fist fights with their weak assed modern equivalents, but you can't say that they didn't do what they set out to do with their original style. Image is hugely important in Fascist movements because so much of the Fascist mindset is about what is on the surface and visible.

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TopicPeople already crying about how Joanna Dark looks in the Perfect Dark reboot
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 10:42:56 AM
#151
She got Morgan Webb jaw. Which is fine, because I don't fucking care because I'm not trying to jerk off to it.

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TopicChef finally leaves apartment after not paying for 4 years.
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 10:39:34 AM
#17
CoyoteTheGreat posted...
2,700$ a month for a one bedroom apartment. Sorry guys, but this guy was based. Fuck landlords.
This.

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TopicApple finally bringing RCS support to iMessage later this year
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 10:38:22 AM
#13
Cool. Still not buying one of their phones.

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TopicI think Mandela Effect is actually the most insane conspiracy theory
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 8:37:00 AM
#27
I'm not opposed to the concept of parallel worlds or existing in a multiversity. String Theory seems to suggest that such a thing is possible or even likely. That said, the Mandela Effect is absurd.

How would we even be able to move back and forth through the various parallel worlds, even on accident? If nothing else being able to do so would suggest that the fabric of space/time is either far more porous than previously imagined or in a relatively unhealthy state.

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Topicwhy unions are bad
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 8:28:26 AM
#160
Beveren_Rabbit posted...
Instead of pizza parties what would employees want?
Can I pay my mortgage, electric bill, or doctors with pizza?

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TopicMusk Threatens to Ban Apple Products in His Companies If They Use OpenAI
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 7:41:17 AM
#12
Antifar posted...
There is the option of not hopping on a trend after it becomes synonymous with shoddy garbage.
Sir, this is the tech industry we are talking about here.

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Topic"Straight Pride" flag
ScazarMeltex
06/11/24 7:39:50 AM
#5
Fucking dork.

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Topic"I just hope they don't make Snake Eater political"
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 10:11:47 PM
#67
Umbreon posted...
His tone seemed insincere in the past clip, so I'm willing to believe he was sarcastic in that regard.

I feel like people were just too eager to dunk on him. Like you would have to be exceptionally brain dead to seriously not understand the MGS series is political in nature.
People's media literacy has gotten much, much worse in the last 20 years.

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Topicwhat's the best strategy game iyo?
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 9:45:28 PM
#26
Stellaris.

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TopicJustice Alito says Christians have difficulty coexisting alongside non-Christian
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 9:42:41 PM
#36
This is why people need to stop pretending that the systemic mechanisms we have in place will somehow protect us from the worst parts of a 2nd Trump term.

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TopicDragon Age: The Veilguard sneak preview of gameplay reveal
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 7:50:54 PM
#12
thronedfire2 posted...
people whined about a cinematic trailer even though the characters have been snarky with each other since the first game
Yeah bro but it's cool to hate that now.

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TopicGotta take 4 Dulcolax tonight to begin the purge
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 1:06:39 PM
#19
GeraldDarko posted...
Hour and half until my appointment. Can't wait to get this over with and eat. I can feel my brain not functioning properly. Trying to read posts, I can feel that I'm not really absorbing it.
Dehydration and hunger are a bitch for sure man. Almost done though. If you can, try and resist the propofol for as long as you can (the longest you'll last is like 2 seconds if that) because it's a really weird fun feeling when it hits you. Then it's time for the best sleep of your life.

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TopicWhy was the Pat Sajak topic locked?
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 12:18:42 PM
#5
Some Mods get upset sometimes when we rightfully pile onto people who defend bigots.

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TopicThe Madness of the UK Far Right
ScazarMeltex
06/10/24 12:00:26 PM
#7
Proto_Spark posted...
If the UK took up the nazi's offer of neutrality, how long would it have been before they would have gone to war regardless? Similar to what happened with The Soviets?

Fascism isn't exactly a ideology that's known for getting along well with others.
Eh, the Nazis had always proclaimed that Communists were the natural enemies of the Nazi movement. Hitler spends a significant portion of Mein Kampf rambling about how Bolshivism was a Jewish ideology and all sorts of shit.

Hitler also praised the UK and considered them to be an equal and peer because he approved of the way they kept the minorities of the British Empire controlled. The UK was the one country in Europe that Hitler didn't necessarily want to fight. He considered regrettable that they ended up doing so because what he really wanted was to punish France over the Treaty of Versailles and then lead some sort of European alliance against the Slavic peoples in Eastern Europe and against the USSR.

This is what he wanted, because he was a deeply stupid man when it came to international politics. None of it was ever going to happen. The UK and France hated the USSR, because the idea of their own working classes rising against them scared the shit out of them, but they were also far away, whereas the Germans were right next door.

They were also still deeply traumatized by having an entire generation be chucked into a wood chipper while fighting against the Germans, so they were extremely unlikely to be interested in throwing in with them against the Soviet Union.

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TopicControversy as UK Conservatives Plan to Bring Back Compulsory National Service
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 11:34:48 PM
#4
Luckily the election will sweep them out of power before they can enact this stupid fucking plan.

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TopicTexas Asks People to Avoid Using Their Cars
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 8:06:51 PM
#11
Doesn't that sound like some of that woke climate nonsense that Texas is supposed to hate?

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TopicFrance about to fall to far right
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 4:30:59 PM
#14
legendary_zell posted...
It's either socialism or barbarism. Either ordinary people come together on the basis of solidarity nationally and then worldwide or we all fall to fascism, one. Neoliberalism sets the stage for fascism as it neuters the left, drifts to the right, and enrages and disorients the people while offering and accepting no rational alternative. So people eventually choose an irrational and suicidal alternative.
Pretty much. It's like banging your head into a wall though when you try and explain to people how liberalism enables fascism.

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TopicFrance about to fall to far right
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 3:50:12 PM
#5
[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Capitalism is eating itself due to it's unsustainable nature. When that happens the people in power will always blame minorities for their problems, not the system they are profiting from. That always comes in the form of right wing bullshit.

In short Fascism comes when capitalism is decaying.

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TopicDamn time to replay Gears series
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 2:41:56 PM
#6
I stopped after the first one.

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TopicMLB's embrace of gambling has resulted in increased harrassment of its players
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 2:41:16 PM
#21
Antifar posted...
The death threats and also the fact that multiple players have been involved in gambling scandals this season alone. It's a powder keg that will only get bigger the more MLB (and other major sports leagues) embraces the industry.
This. Gambling unfortunately adds an unsavory dangerous element to everything it touches.

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TopicGotta take 4 Dulcolax tonight to begin the purge
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 2:40:10 PM
#14
GeraldDarko posted...
Is that what they use?
Damn.
Yep. It's the best fucking sleep you'll ever have.
As someone who has had 3 colonoscopies, I'll second the wipes. Or invest in a Bidet, though it might be a bit late for that.

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TopicGotta take 4 Dulcolax tonight to begin the purge
ScazarMeltex
06/09/24 2:05:59 PM
#9
Enjoy that sweet sweet Propofol nap.

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