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Bligh_with_no_T posted...

Weird how the intolerant left suddenly tolerates fascism when it's targeting minorities they dislike

To be fair, I'm probably more on the intolerant right and I still think people who put other people's health at risk solely because they're selfish assholes should be set on fire.

It's part of why I've always leaned more towards small government libertarianism than no-government libertarianism - because sometimes you need a government that can step in and punch faces when people are being shits. Which people usually are, because people suck.

I'm fine with that. I actually feel like there should probably be even more punitive or preventative penalties for people who refuse to get vaccinated. I'm cool with sporting events or other large gatherings requiring people to show proof of vax to enter (with severe criminal penalties for falsifying vaccination cards), with schools requiring kids to have specific vaccines in order to attend (which they've already done for the entirety of my life), or even travel restrictions on the unvaccinated.

As for docking pay specifically, that's potentially even more justified. Assuming the employers are providing health insurance for employees, they may be being forced to pay more for anyone who isn't vaxxed (because insurance companies tend to up rates for obvious health risks). So it might just be a case of them passing the premiums on to the employee because the employee is the one creating the problem in the first place.

People complain about their freedoms, but they forget that freedom of choice goes hand in hand with accepting the consequences of your actions. Everyone today wants all the benefits of life but none of the consequences. Some people need to get smashed really hard in the dick by consequences. Maybe they'd actually wind up being better people for it.



adjl posted...

Pretty much. Is there a chance the vaccine will cause problems? Absolutely. Is that chance orders of magnitude lower than that of the same or worse problems being caused by Covid? Also yes. It's a very, easy easy risk analysis that so many people are failing so spectacularly at.

This is basically what I say.

You can complain about the potential side-effects of the vaccine all you want (or even the hypothetical side-effects of the vaccine you're worried about in spite of evidence telling you you're wrong), but considering the potential side-effects of Covid include long-term organ damage and literal death, the potential side-effects of Covid are way more significant than the potential side-effects of any vaccine. And since the vaccine reduces the severity of Covid even in cases where it can't prevent it completely, it makes getting vaccinated the better choice by any rational cost/benefit analysis. So you can kind of shut the hell up, get vaxxed or get fucked.

The whole mess basically boils down to being yet another example of the root cause of most problems in the world - "People are stupid." Which goes hand in hand with my other maxim - "People suck."

Count_Drachma posted...

Also a lot more expensive. Is the world's natural Lego supply running out or something?

Could be oil price related.

Plastic is a petroleum product. If oil prices rise, plastic prices theoretically rise, and thus things made mostly out of plastic would potentially become more expensive.

Plus, there's the general reason why pretty much everything is becoming more expensive right now - rising oil prices mean higher gas prices, which means increase cost for shipping supplies and finished products, which increases the overhead and leads to prices going up.

Adam_Savage posted...

Minecraft is effectively infinite, so it can be as big or as small as you want

This.

But there was something cool about how, in the old days, there was actually an outer limit to it, and people would literally travel for months in-game to reach them. Like the ultimate in exploration.

Knowing that there's no end and the game just keeps generating new land no matter how far you go sort of makes those kind of endless trips feel kind of pointless and way less interesting.

Krazy_Kirby posted...

I only listen to diamond city, most are from 3.

Almost everything I said above was only talking about Diamond City Radio. "Most" aren't from 3. Less than half are from 3.

60% of the songs from GNR in Fallout 3 get reused - 40% don't.

Only about 28% of the songs on Diamond City Radio were in Fallout 3. About 72% weren't. More than two-thirds of the songs on Diamond City Radio were and not in Fallout 3 at all.

So no, most of them aren't from Fallout 3. You are objectively and categorically wrong.

Judgmenl posted...

Chrono Trigger was one of the first games I ever played

Not sure how nostalgia plays a part.

I want you to reread what you just wrote, and then I want you to think about it very, very hard.

Dead for about a decade.

Ferarri619 posted...

I still find it crazy after all the RPGs SNES got, the N64 got....Quest 64

That's what happens when you let your own success make you arrogant to the point where you piss off literally every third party developer you deal with, and suddenly there's an alternative they can go with and tell you to go fuck yourself.

For bonus irony points, the alternative only exists in the first place because you pissed off the people who were literally making it for you.



Judgmenl posted...

Nothing will ever be better than Chrono Trigger. It wins by default.
Is it the best JRPG of its generation? Absolutely. Is it one of the best games of all time? Probably.

Chrono Trigger wasn't even the best RPG in the year it came out - or even in its own series - let alone of all time.

People need to stop sucking Chrono Trigger's cock so hard, it's never been as good as the Internet likes to pretend it was. Its reputation is almost entirely built on childhood nostalgia *cough*just like Ocarina of Time*cough*.

MechaKirby posted...

I know the Weapons arent really mechanized, but I wish we could infiltrate it from within and it acts like a mini dungeon.

One of my favorite things in video games is fighting some giant mech from the outside, then busting in and fucking up the main system

You've just described a dungeon/boss fight in FFIV.

If anything, they probably wouldn't do that with the Weapons in FFVII because they'd already done it with the Giant of Babel previously.

Solid Sonic posted...

I feel worthless because I can't seem to get over how starting a family is the only real mark of a successfully lived life.

I'd argue that believing that actually makes you a failure at life in and of itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrJEFrth27Q

THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

It needs to be put in a museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmhRLiYho0

I only use bar soap. I used to use either Ivory soap or Dial when I was much younger, but I've basically used Irish Spring since I went to college.

I've never seen the point of body wash - it just seems like something people too lazy to use bar soap use.

Metalsonic66 posted...

The animated ones are good

The animated ones used to be good.

The newer ones (mainly after they started using the New 52 continuity) are kind of mediocre at best and crap at worst. They just look way better compared to the steaming hot mess that the life-action films have mostly been.

Krazy_Kirby posted...

some? almost all are from 3.

Except that's not even remotely true.

"Reusing some of the songs from Fallout 3 is fine, since they also added a bunch of new ones as well."

GNR in Fallout 3 had about 20 songs. They only reused 12. Then they added about 25 new ones for Fallout 4. And then Magnolia's songs are another 5 extra on top of that. So Diamond City Radio has more than twice as many songs, more than 2/3rds of which are new to Fallout 4.

You may not like the ones they kept (or the fact that they reused songs at all), but implying they didn't put any effort into the radio in Fallout 4 is kind of a horseshit argument.

(And that's without even taking incidental music into account - Fallout 4 has nearly twice as many background tracks as Fallout 3 had, almost all of which are new.)

Again, there are plenty of things to shit on Fallout 4 for. Music really isn't one of them.

...Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood



SilentSeph posted...

tuna head!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Z3ttZt9wo

hypnox posted...

Growing up was there anything about another family that made you stop hanging out with the kid?

Other than the family moving away, not really.

I never really thought any other families were rich when I was growing up. Mainly because I only ever really hung around with people who were more or less on par with my own socioeconomic bracket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKYQNtF11eg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8-JPyVRkiE

FEAR lS THE MlNDKlLLER.

It's finally happened. You have become the living avatar of the Internet.

We have been awaiting your coming, oh dark messiah. Lead us into the new age.

When you say Peanut Butter, do you mean this kind?

https://img.sugargirlcookies.com/763x572_images-gmi-pmc.edge-generalmills.com/dcd4f799-7353-4e56-ba50-623581cba3bc.jpg


Or this kind?

https://www.instacart.com/assets/domains/product-image/file/large_08d2dcc1-cbc4-4016-a68e-12fa861f04b8.jpg

I saw a recommended video a day or two ago that was like "This is why Ezra Miller won't be back in DCU", and I didn't bother watching because I figured it would be something boring and lame.

Apparently I missed way more than I realized.

To be fair, most kids are horrified whenever their dad shaves off his beard, because it changes the entire look of their face and they're suddenly terrified that he's a stranger. Kids are stupid.

DarkMinun posted...

How about you stop being wrong?

How about you learn to read English?

"It's not just a question of how much sugar is in the product (or how much high fructose corn syrup is in the product). It's how the different recipes taste in total. It's actually possible for something to taste sweeter even with less sugar."

Take two identical glasses of water, and add the exact same amount of sugar to both. You'll notice they taste the same. But then add salt and a bittering agent to one of them, and you'll notice that it no longer tastes as sweet, in spite of the fact that the amount of sugar hasn't changed.

Pepsi tastes sweeter than Coke. Pepsi has always tasted sweeter than Coke (or at least has for the last 50 years). It's been a pretty universally accepted statement for decades. And no part of that statement says that Pepsi has more sugar than Coke (or needs to have more sugar than Coke) in order to taste sweeter.

I was just thinking the other day that I'd like if they came out with a good new game a la the old Ridge Racer or Need For Speed games, where there's a story mode where the races tie into an overarching plot.

Games like Gran Turismo can be fun, but just playing games for times/to climb division brackets don't really keep my attention all that long. Most games don't really keep my interest anymore unless there's an interesting story or strong characters/character interaction.

I always find it a shame that there's an emphasis on sim-style play for racing games (and space exploration games). Those are both genres where I'd prefer more arcade-y play combined with an unfolding narrative (oh how I mourn for the old Wing Commander games).

Lead4Brainz posted...

Did you start or change any medications lately?

Was going to say this.

DarkMinun posted...

It is now. Coke reduced the sugar content by 3mg/can (42 to 39) a few years back while Pepsi held the line (41 I believe, don't have a can here to check).

It always was. As far back as the 80s, the entire point of Coke switching to New Coke was to try and make Coke sweeter to compete with Pepsi. The assumption was that Pepsi was more popular with younger people because it was sweeter.

It's not just a question of how much sugar is in the product (or how much high fructose corn syrup is in the product). It's how the different recipes taste in total. It's actually possible for something to taste sweeter even with less sugar.

Though at this point the amount of sugar means pretty much nothing to me personally, because I've started only drinking sugar free Coke Zero for a while now.

Nade Duck posted...

how would that possibly be worth it

She can suck a golfball through a garden hose.

captpackrat posted...

You know, I've always wondered if "chopping that meat" was a euphemism for sex.

I didn't realize that there was anyone who didn't think that.



Cruddy_horse posted...

It's really incredible that Obsidian had entirely different songs that fit thematically with the setting, some even recorded by the director that didn't make it onto the radio, meanwhile Bethesda just used 90% of Fallout 3's songs most of which amount to "funny old song."

Ehh, there's always a thematic link, you just have to think about it sometimes. Like how "Civilization" is basically alluding to people becoming tribal and how "civilization" is flawed (which it was, because it led to an apocalyptic war), or how a lot of the songs sort of become an ironic contrast to just how shitty the world is. Or kind of hint at nostalgia for the happier times of the past, before everything went to shit.

The Wanderer is a reference to the fact that you're essentially wandering the world (and are similar to the Lone Wanderer of Fallout 3). Pistol Packin' Mama takes on an entirely new context in a world where literally every character is packing a pistol (and if you're playing as a female, you basically ARE the pistol packing mama). End of the World recontextualizes the original song (which is just a woman saying how it feels like the end of the world because of losing her love) because you're playing as a character who has lost their love and literally went through the end of the world. And so on.

And they did record 4 new songs for Magnolia (though you'll admittedly only hear them on the radio if you talk to her in Goodneighbor). And they did a pretty good job, because if you don't listen to the lyrics (or recognize Lynda Carter's voice), you might assume they were real songs from the 40s/50s. On top of which, you've got songs like Uranium Fever, Crawl Out Through the Fallout, or Atom Bomb Baby which feel like they should be fake songs they made up for the game, but which were actually real songs from the era (which is kind of crazy when you think about it).

There are a LOT of things to criticize Fallout 4 for, but I wouldn't necessarily say there's a major problem with the music (other than the fact that you lose the classical music station if you blow up the Institute). Reusing some of the songs from Fallout 3 is fine, since they also added a bunch of new ones as well (there's almost twice as many songs in Fallout 4 total as there are in Fallout 3).

hypnox posted...

Apparently Pepsi tastes better warm. I read somewhere that its due to them trying to appeal to countries without good access to refrigeration. Not sure if its true or not. But room temp pepsi does taste better to me than room temp coke.

I'd strongly disagree. Pepsi tastes worse in every scenario.

But I think the real difference between the two is that Pepsi is sweeter. So whether someone likes one or the other depends strongly on their tolerance for how sweet each one is.

As for temperature, it's worth noting that temperature affects sweetness. The taste receptors of your tongue will sense sweetness more strongly the warmer it is (and vice-versa). Room temperature soda is sweeter than cold soda in general, regardless of brand. So if you like room temperature soda, you generally prefer sweeter soda, which might be part of the reason why Pepsi appeals to you more than Coke.

I heard that he chopped up his cell mate.

Johnny Eagle posted...

Depends on the game, mostly

This. But also how it's used.

Like, if I'm playing a game and there are Coke vending machines scattered around town, I'm not going to flip out or anything. Have a game set in Times Square or along major roadways and I'd be completely cool with real ads on the billboards. Sports games where they use legit advertising on the boards/ice/etc (like they do in actual sports) is fine, because it adds verisimilitude. Even games where you jump into a car and it clearly has branding logos on it showing off a real company.

But when it's gratuitous it can be annoying. If the main character stops dead in the middle of doing something else to talk about how much they love Pizza Hut, or how there's a game mechanic where you buy Nike sneakers to get super jumping powers, or anything else super-blatant, I'm going to call bullshit. Or if you're playing a game like GTA and they put real commercials for products on the TV or radio. That's where I'd probably draw the line.



hypnox posted...

I mean I wouldn't like them to be all in your face. But, a can of coke or dr pepper would be better than something like "rocket cola" or some other cheesy thrown in name

I feel the main reason you see this is because it's the opposite of product placement.

To wit, if you're making a game like GTA or Saints Row, that's filled with sex, violence, drugs, etc, then actual real world brands won't want to be associated with your product. So if Rockstar just put Coca-Cola vending machines in town, Coke would sue them. So it's easier/safer for GTA to just invent a fictional brand name (which they can then potentially make jokes about later if they want).

Most of the fake brands you see in TV aren't because the creators want to maintain some level of integrity or because they holding out for someone to pay them money, but because they're kind of legally obligated to not use trademarks or branding unless it's been specifically approved. And licensing rights can be extremely complicated and annoying.

EchoBaz posted...

Feel like there's nothing great from 2022?

Yes.



EchoBaz posted...

Have you tried out these titles?

No.

Mainly because none of them really look like something I'd be all that interested in at this point in my gaming life. You've pretty obviously focused on a specific type/genre of game there, and it's not really the sort of game I'm enthusiastic about (in the same way that, say, the greatest platformer ever made is still going to be a shit game to someone who doesn't like platformers).

EchoBaz posted...

Why did the creator of Ren and Stimpy have to end up being such a pariah?

Because he's a phenomenal asshole in real life, and it grates on everyone he works with until they just don't want to put up with his shit anymore.

I barely ever go to any other board these days. Even the game boards - usually when I have questions about a game I have better results asking about it on Reddit than I do here. Or just tracking down a wiki or YouTube video that shows me what I want to know.

I have occasionally seen PotDers on game boards in the past, but it's never really a big thing. I've always found it more surprising when I see old PotDers posting on Reddit using the same user names (especially if I run into them on subreddits that aren't video game related).

Count_Drachma posted...

I don't think he understands what it's like to be happy. He's the gloomiest guy to ever gloom.

To be fair, it's not like he's wrong.



EclairReturns posted...

I cannot get myself to get excited for video game releases anymore. There is just too much to handle in my life right now

This ...though it's less because there's too much going on in my life, and more because the industry as a whole has become a machine fueled by mediocrity and viciously exploiting the audience.

Pretty much every time I've gotten kind of hyped up over a future game for like the last five years or so, it's wound up being a massive piece of shit when it finally came out. Or it didn't even come out at all because it was so utterly fucked. Or it had the seeds of a good game in it but was so loaded down with microtransactions or other exploitative bullshit that I couldn't even bring myself to buy/play it. Or it was just such a buggy mess that I could never justify suffering through it.

There is no hype left in me. There is only hate.



I'll welcome good/great/awesome games if/when they come out and are proven to be good - and there've been at least a couple even in recent memory. But after having been burned dozens of times I am simply incapable of getting excited about games before their release based simply on hype trailers or shitty articles on sites like Kotaku talking about how awesome it's going to be.

Never heard of it, and the title/thumbnail of that link alone makes it look like an atrocity.

I have, however, heard of both the Bionic Six and Sigma 6.

Zangulus posted...

You really feel a perpetual need to make long posts regardless of how fucking lol worthy they are.

And you generally show a complete lack of capacity to learn from your own mistakes or feel regret for your own terrible life choices, so I understand why you might have trouble understanding the premise that others might.

Zangulus posted...

The problem is that opinion is I should be able to do it but everyone else is going to hell for even thinking about it.

Or, you know, "I did it and have come to understand it was a terrible mistake and I regret it immensely, and I think other people should be protected from making the same mistake."

I mean, I'm pro-choice and I'd still tend to see the opinions of a woman who's actually had an abortion to be way more valid than the opinions of anyone with a penis, regardless of which side of the argument she's on.

If anything, I'd say that makes her more qualified to have opinions on the issue than most other people.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

We care about them by removing them?

That's how America has always treated Indians!

VampireCoyote posted...

Holy shit I've lost 70 lbs since January 2021

Did you look under the couch cushions?

papercup posted...

None because Im smart with my money

This.

Also, I'm a notorious penny-pincher.

VampireCoyote posted...

ok ok, dont lose your potato

What are one potato say other potato?

Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato?

What are you talking about, there are only two Terminator movies.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.

funkyfritter posted...

and introducing stuff that affects gameplay.

And worse, stealth throttling experience growth or item drop rates to encourage greater reliance on microtransactions once you're already in and invested/addicted.

VampireCoyote posted...

Im not reading any of that

Its not always all about you.