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| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 10:04:52 PM #14 | like I've seen that article about minnesota so many times it would be pretty hard to fuck up being a governor between 2011 and 2016 when you're being compared to a governor from 2003-2010 regardless of what your tax policies look like --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Let's check in on Seattle raising its minimum wage |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 9:56:59 PM #13 | man i wish id gotten here before fenderbender anyways, isn't it a bit off to use MSA data to show that a city-level policy is good? of course, I also don't think that seattle is losing jobs due to a higher minimum wage but I think progressives should probably be careful about getting good evidence since they supposedly care about it minimum wages especially at the local level are a little bit more complicated than looking at BLS data --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Remember when Rockstar made the news for Vice City and Manhunt? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 8:06:22 PM #5 | I dont think people are scared of games any moire --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 7:30:13 PM #47 | How has no one mentioned the variable costs of livng? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 7:20:13 PM #31 | byron posted... Well, investing is done with discretionary income not income that they need to have a place to live and eat. People don't choose to invest in BAC instead of eat for the week. I'm not disagreeing that higher tax rates on investment income will disincentive investments, but the disincentive effect would probably be rather small, which is generally what the research shows http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-effect-lower-tax-rate-capital-gains I only bring up the payroll tax because I would argue that that is also a disincentive for economic growth, and I think it is more significant for most people than capital gains --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 7:16:18 PM #28 | The Admiral posted... Yes, the tax break is to encourage investment, which spurs the economy and results in job growth. There is a higher multiplier effect on investment versus consumption in regards to GDP growth. Right, but GDP growth is not a great indicator of economic health of the people, just the government. When your long-term unemployment rate is 40% higher than it was during the trough of the recession and your median income has been stagnant for decades there's clearly a case to be made that using GDP as an indicator here is misleading at best. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 7:10:18 PM #23 | byron posted... Ampelas posted...Balrog0 posted...i think that we should stop taxing capital gains and dividends differently from earned income that way we can raise revenue without raising the nominal income tax rate at all yes, this is the typical response but I don't think it's a reasonable one, I'm not suggesting we get rid of carry forward or carry backwards rules so the only way it reduces the incentive to invest is the same way a payroll tax reduces the incentive to work --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | If someone makes $150,000+ a year, should they be taxed 45%? |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 7:04:46 PM #8 | i think that we should stop taxing capital gains and dividends differently from earned income that way we can raise revenue without raising the nominal income tax rate at all --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Louis C.K. 2017 is pretty bad I thought |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 6:53:40 PM #22 | interesting I was only half paying attention to the new chappelle stand ups but they seemed ok --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Louis C.K. 2017 is pretty bad I thought |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 6:51:30 PM #20 | Maeiv posted... It felt the same as his other specials. no way didnt you notice his suit? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Louis C.K. 2017 is pretty bad I thought |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 6:50:40 PM #18 | EnterTheTekken posted... Louis is hilarious but his standups have been a bit downhill. Oh My God was pretty mediocre and I saw him live last year & he was about the same. I liked Jim Jeffries tv show he had on FX but I couldn't stand the one stand up special I saw of his on Netflix I think. The one where he does the same gun joke he does on the show --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Louis C.K. 2017 is pretty bad I thought |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 6:49:54 PM #17 | i just dont remember his humor relying so much on doing voices before --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 6:37:19 PM #11 | im gonna keep bumping this topic despite the obvious disinterest so far my plan is to go over how the ACA changed health insurance in arkansas (sharp decrease in uninsured population, over 300,000 newly eligible enrollees, decreased amounts of uncompensated care). I'll talk about how there are costs to Arkansas, but they are fairly reasonable (a little less than $500 million total for all the years between 2014 - 2020), and the state will save money primarily by reducing their payments to public hospitals and community mental health centers for otherwise uncompensated care (these savings would total approximately 900m over the same time span). In return, we would receive $16 billion for medicaid expansion, which stimulates economic growth -- Arkansas will get about $200m in additional tax revenue due to medicaid expansion, which also helps offset the upfront costs. because Arkansas is an early adopter state, the AHCA would not remove these newly eligible people from medicaid rolls; but the FMAP would increase to 20% cost-sharing for the state instead of 10%, meaning the costs for expansion would double to about $1b in state revenue. After 2020, the enhanced cost-sharing would end entirely, meaning Arkansas would need to pick up 50% (well, probably really more like 30-40%) of the costs of the expansion population. In terms of the individual marketplace, the AHCA's change of tax credits from being income based to being fixed but based on age has the effect of reducing assistance to the lowest two quintiles (those makes less than 33k a year) but vastly increasing assistance for the top two quintiles (those making more than 50k a year). It would also remove the cost-sharing limitations/subsidies present in the ACA - currently, the ACA requires insurers to increase the actuarial value of their plans based on income, such that the poor are required to share less of the out of pocket costs of medical care and limiting their deductibles. Removing this regulation will cause insurers to shift costs back to beneficiaries in the form of higher deductibles and out of pocket expenses. The combination of smaller tax credits and higher costs will cause people to exit the market, especially since the AHCA also removes the individual mandate penalty. i realize now that i need to talk more about the private option and how it differs from traditional medicaid ugh --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | The irrefutable axioms of Universal Basic Income |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 2:26:28 PM #20 | but guaranteed basic income has the opposite impact giving people money allows them to be entrepreneurial rather than needing to conform to the HR processes of existing firms, which are unnecessarily risk averse for various reasons --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/08/17 1:54:04 PM #10 | Asherlee10 posted... Balrog0 posted...I don't know medicaid that well lololol more like thank god for this public health policy class I'm currently in we had people from the state's health policy center come and present some stuff on medicaid changes that are coming to Arkansas pretty lucky coincidence --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 4:11:18 PM #7 | I don't know medicaid that well lololol It's gonna be a long, shitty week --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 3:43:15 PM #4 | Asherlee10 posted... I've had to present a few times for interviews. It is a little scary, but I'm willing to bet you have some presentation practice from schooling, right? thats probably a good idea actually I know it's down to me and one other candidate, at least. E32005 posted... good luck brother, I need it I am not so good at public speaking :/ --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | 3rd round of interviews, I have to prepare a presentation this time |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 3:27:49 PM #1 | never had to do something like this for a job before the topic is medicaid expansion for a group known as the protect medicaid coalition 30 minutes max, including time for audience questions very little direction, the two basic ones being 1) discuss the AHCA and what might happen with it on the federal level and 2) how we should advocate to maintain medicaid expansion going forward at a state level im pretty nervous the main problem is I have lots of other school work and work-work to do so it kinda sucks that I only have a week to prepare --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Why did people support the drug war? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 3:21:08 PM #34 | UnfairRepresent posted... And you missed the point. It's not just dealers. The stats people are conflating as you point out mix strangers doing/buying drugs in the streets with friends doing it in their homes. That's not the same crime. The only difference is that one is harder to see. I mean, there might be other additional charges for selling on the street, but the charge of drug distribution isn't different dependning on where you sell it (except in some places like school zones maybe) UnfairRepresent posted... "this is common knowledge" and "We all know" is progressive code for "We actually have no evidence but I want to this to make me a victim and fit my agenda." I gave you the material to look at for yourself, go ahead and peruse the literature that I linked to in this very topic. I even quoted the part where it tells you they control for the confounding variables you're saying make the comparisons bad in both cases. Just give it a look. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Why did people support the drug war? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 3:01:33 PM #29 | UnfairRepresent posted... This is generally not true though I don't think you're studied this issue very carefully if you really think this is the case, hombre. It is true that some of the things you mentioned can be an issue for some crimes. But people incarcerated for drug use (rather than distribution) aren't dealers in the street, so you've already conflated two different charges in order to make your argument seem stronger. But even then, there's little evidence that blacks and whites sell drugs at different rates - it IS true that blacks are more likely to sell to people they don't know and to people on the street. But that seems like a curious defense of the laws not being racist - you're saying it's okay for there to be a racial disparity because one kind of criminal is less good at it? There are substantial racial disparities even when you control for repeat offenders and so on as well: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1998.tb01256.x/abstract This article explores the effect of race in the decision to prosecute and sentence eligible defendants as “habitual” offenders. During FY 1992–93, 9,690 males admitted to prison in Florida were statutorily eligible (two prior felony convictions or one prior violent felony conviction) for sentencing as “habitual” offenders. Approximately 20% received that disposition. They will serve at least 75% of their enhanced sentence as compared with the state average of about 40%. Logistic regression, controlling for prior record, crime seriousness, and other relevant factors, shows a significant and substantial race effect. The disadvantage of black defendants is particularly strong for drug offenses and for property crimes that have relatively high victimization rates for whites (larceny, burglary). Race is less consequential for violent and weapons-related crimes. Race effects are more often significant in sentencing contexts that are low in terms of percent black, racial income inequality, drug arrest rates, and violent crime rates. The relevance of these findings for a “racial threat” interpretation of sentencing outcomes is discussed. there's also evidence of discrimination in sentencing: http://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2497&context=articles UnfairRepresent posted... Even "They made x illegal an black do x more therefore it's racism" is considered a valid argument. No, the argument is based on the actual history of drug laws. THey made x illegal because they thought black people did x more. It's only not a valid argument if you think history doesn't matter... UnfairRepresent posted... Race really isn't an issue in the 100s of reasons why the war on drugs is bad. It's an excuse to pretend to be a victim. Racial discrimination is particularly bad for black people in drug sentencing and arrests. This is pretty common knowledge. Just because the topline number progressives want to quote is hyperbolic doesn't mean the effect is imaginary. UnfairRepresent posted... If anything sex is the issue, there is strong evidence that men face harsher sentences than women even on equal footing and prisons want men, not women. yes, I fully agree that our criminal justice system is sexist against men. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Why did people support the drug war? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 2:41:47 PM #25 | UnfairRepresent posted... I love how pathetic the progressives are about this. race and racism is a serious problem with our criminal justice system it is noticeable in all kinds of arenas, but drug use is one of the areas where blacks and whites mirror each other pretty closely so the disparity in incarceration and sentencing for drug crimes is something people find a harder time justifying pretty sure no one thinks that's the only problem --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | So, a girl wants to marry me. She's got $250,000 in student debts. I own a house |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 2:30:39 PM #66 | MixedRaceBaby posted... post proof of this. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate lowest unemployment rate since 2007, basically the same as 2006, the height of the boom. Better than it was for most of the 90s, though not quite what it was prior to the dot com bubble burst MixedRaceBaby posted... well no shit. did TC say she majored in basket weaving or something? no, but if she didn't, she would have a job lined up. more likely, several different opportunities she was pursuing MixedRaceBaby posted... no bank in their right mind would just lend out TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS if they didn't think they would get it back. you dont just waltz in and say HEY MONEY PLZZZZZZ! Right, and since student loan debt never goes away its seen as a particularly safe loan for banks. It's also entirely plausible that her family has good finances and were willing to cosign the loans. The fact that a lot of this is seemingly credit card debt to pay for rent kind of indicates to me that someone is helping her but that is speculation but really no one with 250k in debt can justify having no employment prospects --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | So, a girl wants to marry me. She's got $250,000 in student debts. I own a house |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 2:21:05 PM #63 | MixedRaceBaby posted... see, this is further proof that CE has no life experience. they are a bunch of talentless kids living at home cuz they dropped out of college or some shit. it can take months, years to line up a full time job right after college that's sustainable enough to push you into your career path. you don't walk out the classroom and right into an office! I mean, I didn't, but I majored in liberal arts and had less than 1/10th the debt she had. I don't think you've ever dealt with the kind of people who can justify taking out loans that high before if you think that's a typical situation for them to not have anything at all lined up after school. Also, the idea that it can take months or years to find a good job just isn't true now that we're at full employment. Employment prospects for new grads are way better than they were during the recession. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Why did people support the drug war? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 2:15:42 PM #20 | DevsBro posted... I don't really know or care why any particular drug is illegal but what I don't understand is the mindset "this is illegal and if they catch me I could get fines, jail time or even prison but you know what it's a stupid rule." I get what you're saying, but I believe this attitude you're demonstrating is itself a product of propaganda. Let's say the government banned drinks that have any sugar added tomorrow because they have a well-established connection to the increase in obesity we've seen, which also means the attendant health problems like heart disease, diabetes, etc. This is actually a much better argument than any of the ones for drug prohibition. Are you going to tell me you wouldn't understand the mindset of someone who, the next day, decided to make and drink some koolaid? If the SWAT team busted in on them drinking it, would your reaction be this same kind of mental shrug? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | So, a girl wants to marry me. She's got $250,000 in student debts. I own a house |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:47:17 PM #44 | Twin3Turbo posted... A few years ago I remember helping a lady calculate her taxes/ how much should be taken out of her check per month. Reason she asked for my help is because she had gotten a tax refund but the government took the entire thing because of student loan debt her previous husband (whom she divorced many years prior) had taken out BEFORE they even got married. there must be more going on there, because generally this isn't true of student loan debt --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | So, a girl wants to marry me. She's got $250,000 in student debts. I own a house |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:40:27 PM #34 | MixedRaceBaby posted... and for all the folks saying wait til she pays it off. depending on her income, paying off 25000 dollars could take 5-10 years. 250,000* will almost certainly take longer than 5 or 10 years to pay off you would need to be making quite a bit of money, and she doesn't have a job lined up yet so that seems unlikely to be the path she's on MixedRaceBaby posted... as long as shes paying them back in the best way that she can and not missing payments, how is she not "financially smart"? idk, she could be I suppose, but it would need to be a pretty killer school/program and then I would question why she doesn't have set employment already because part of the reason you pay a billion dollars to go to elite schools is for the connections --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | So, a girl wants to marry me. She's got $250,000 in student debts. I own a house |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:36:20 PM #27 | are you in central arkansas? It could be some other frozen user --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | His physics teacher would be proud. Shitty UFC fighter cheats during weight in |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:21:13 PM #21 | SK8T3R215 posted... How much weight can leaning on a towel take off realistically? a lot I would think, potentially at least a pound I mean, what he's basically doing is shifting his weight from being on the scales to being on the ground by channeling the force through the towel, into those guys who are holding it, and down to their feet. They're partially holding him up, if you assume he's actually leaning on the towel and not just grabbing it tightly --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Are you gonna dodge the inevitable draft to Syria? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:13:23 PM #12 | I'll try to prove my status as a concientious objector and I guess go to jail if that doesn't work --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | His physics teacher would be proud. Shitty UFC fighter cheats during weight in |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:10:41 PM #17 | voldothegr8 posted... Not for championship fights, they MUST make weight. Luckily it was in NY where by law they get a second chance. I'm fine with him using the old towel trick because 1.2 lbs is nothing at their weight, but surprised nobody live caught on. I watch the UFC pretty closely, or at least I used to, and I've never seen a rule that a fighter can only weigh in once and if they miss weight they're screwed. MMA was only legalized in NY like last year so I suspect this is more about NY than the UFC or MMA --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | His physics teacher would be proud. Shitty UFC fighter cheats during weight in |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:09:45 PM #15 | faizan_faizan posted... I mean, I can confirm that it's very, very easy to add 1-2 pounds in a few minutes. Not unlikely that he can shed them in the same time. It's not impossible at all, but considering the requirements they put around weight cutting in the UFC now its much less likely than it used to be. They've implemented pre-weigh in weight caps (no more than 8% off weight a week out from the fight) and banned post-weigh in IVs. Cormier is a guy who has always had problems with cutting weight (missed the olympics cuz he was too fat, and that was at a higher weight class). So Idk. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | His physics teacher would be proud. Shitty UFC fighter cheats during weight in |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:05:45 PM #11 | AsucaHayashi posted... though i'm not sure why this would be an issue since getting docked 20%(?) of the purse is usually what happens when fighters can't make weight. it would change the title fight to a non-title fight, assuming anthony johnson still wanted to fight him which he probably would but it would not be a good look --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | His physics teacher would be proud. Shitty UFC fighter cheats during weight in |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:04:56 PM #10 | Uh, the UFC always lets fighters re-try their weight cut unless they aren't medically cleared to do so The issue is that different states have different regulations around weight-cutting. I don't think the UFC internal weight cutting rules talk directly about how many times you can try to weigh in. But NY does, and CA does. They just happen to be different rules: http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/6/2/11827266/different-weigh-in-procedure-for-ufc-199-explained but yeah that towel grabbing is pretty blatant. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | God fucking damn it Obama |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 12:28:51 PM #27 | obamacare is garbage at the same time, the fact that employer sponsored insurance is a tax free benefit is bullshit one of the most unpopular parts of the ACA (the cadillac tax) is the best part of it, arguably after the expansion of Medicaid --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Trump's travel expenses in 10 weeks cost taxpayers as much as Obama's in 2 years |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 12:07:29 PM #38 | I honestly don't care about this. Actually, it bothers me that he profits off of it because all of his trips are to Mar-a-Lago but the amount spent doesn't bother me even as a fiscal conservative like, if he kept this up every weekend for the rest of his term that would be a little over 600m during the same duration, with no changes to the revenue formula, the corporation for public broadcasting will get around 2b and neither is significant enough to matter to me. those are smaller than small potatoes --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Last time you've traveled outside of your city/town/region? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 11:52:36 AM #14 | went to Dallas to visit the girlfriends family last October before that, D.C. over the summer I don't really travel much in-state though. I work, go to school, and live in the same place --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Trigger Warnings Are Absolutely Necessary and Should Not Be Mocked |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 11:29:50 AM #43 | also, it is true that PTSD is treated by exposure to said triggers, but like golden eel said that is typically part of an actual therapeutic session or at least in some way a guided exercise. It's not something you do every time you want to go to a movie or show necessarily --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | Trigger Warnings Are Absolutely Necessary and Should Not Be Mocked |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 11:28:49 AM #42 | the thing is, if we're talking about actual PTSD victims, there isn't going to be an easy and categorical way to protect them from their triggers. They are entirely personal. It's plausible that she could get triggered by gun shots even if she never heard them during her traumatic event - though I don't think it that is the norm - but there are people who get triggered by seeing envelopes (it takes them back to when they found their fathers suicide note) or sitting in traffic (got in a car crash) or getting touched on the shoulder (reminder of when the paramedics found her). How do you make rules to protect people from that? Trigger warnings for material that is just controversial are a separate thing imo --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | both of my parents are old and sick and that makes me sad |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 10:42:18 AM #1 | my dad has cancer that he has to take $12,000/month pills for my mama has mental issues and is seriously anemic for no reason they can figure out I feel like Im going to the doctor with one or both of my parents every other week these days is this what growing up is like? --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | the marvel shows on netflix are pretty good |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 10:11:58 AM #16 | this is one of the best fight scenes in the history of tv:  --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | the marvel shows on netflix are pretty good |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 10:10:28 AM #14 | SSJGrimReaper posted... Yeah don't expect good fight scenes from JJ or LC, they're both street brawlers while IF and DD are trained martial artists Um I don't understand what you're saying here. I expect good fight scenes from any show that has fight scenes. A good fight scene doesn't mean someone who is well trained in martial arts showing off how good they are at martial arts. --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | the marvel shows on netflix are pretty good |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 10:09:48 AM #13 | Gheb posted... The fact that you have to compare the fights between a show about a dude who's power is being really good kung fu and a show about a alcoholic PI to make the former's fights look good basically says it all. I was just comparing it to other marvel shows. The hand-to-hand stuff was better than Luke Cage, too. But his powers are cooler - most of the best fight scenes in LC involve him proving he's bulletproof and then beating people up and crushing their guns. When he was fighting Stryker when he was injured was a really bad fight scene, for instance, the entire sequence. I guess I'll watch daredevil and get back to you --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | How much of our wealth should we piss away stopping only particular atrocities? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 10:06:17 AM #9 | Darkman124 posted... when you are in a position to directly help people at the cost of just a few million dollars' worth of military tech that otherwise sits around and does nothing, you help them. getting rid of the assad regime isn't directly helping people, though it might be a good thing for him to be gone, but the way it would improve the lives of the average Syrian is incredibly unclear considering the lack of a coherent policy we have with regards to Syrian regime change. and of course you need to worry about the problems with public perception on the ground in the middle east --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | the marvel shows on netflix are pretty good |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 9:55:37 AM #9 | SSJGrimReaper posted... Why not watch them in order of release? because I like daredevil less than I like luke cage, iron fist, or jessica jones --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | the marvel shows on netflix are pretty good |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 9:52:00 AM #7 | De Evolution posted... Lol comments about the Netflix Marvel shows and hasn't even watched Daredevil... oh no the shame I started watching it with my parents but only got a couple episodes in Mernardi posted... I liked Iron Fist second best. Iron Fist was okay. I thought the criticism about some of the characterizations (especially like Colleen Wing) were on point, but others didn't make sense to me. It's probably because I like wuxia films but the fight choreography seemed fine to me (better fight scenes than in JJ, though JJ had a much more compelling story) --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | the marvel shows on netflix are pretty good |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 9:46:47 AM #1 | I think my favorite so far is Luke Cage but I need to watch Daredevil --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
| Topic | What's wrong with 20-30 hour RPGs? |
| Balrog0 04/07/17 1:20:33 AM #28 | Wish people would list examples --- He would make his mark, if not on this tree, then on that wall; if not with teeth and claws, then with penknife and razor. |
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