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Everyone comes in costume as a famous Joe but I don't want to be a basic bitch and can't think of anyone good

Give me ideas plz

Yeah, but I'm not sure where. I went to one here in Austin years ago before I lived here for a buddy's bachelor party, but I have no idea where it actually is since I didn't know the city back then. I'm not really interested in strip clubs. Once I'm there it's a good time, but I also get drunk and waste money on lap dances even though I know it's just a blue ball method.

WarfireX posted...

It doesn't even seem like it gets dogs. It's just a bunch of out of work comedians going "Hey! Let's make a Homeword Bound spoof!"

Of all the things you could say about Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, "out of work comedians" is definitely not one of them.

Why do people keep mentioning female validation as if the topic didn't just say adult? There are women adult virgins, there are gay adult virgins. Stop acting like this topic is only discussing men as losers, it comes across as self victimization even if it's not meant that way.

WingsOfGood posted...

You are underplaying that women are losers too and just as desperate for sex as these men.

Yes yes, there's always someone out there you can meet that will fuck you. Everyone knows that. The problem isnt that they're out there, it's that these losers have to meet them. someone in new York city being just as much of a loser doesn't help the loser that can't get laid in bumfuck nowhere.

WingsOfGood posted...

I mean lower your standards. I am not telling you to do it I am saying if you did you could get it, but you are picky is why.

I don't think you understand that just because some losers can get laid doesn't mean all of them can. Just because someone lowers their standards doesn't change the fact that they don't meet other people's standards because they're fucking losers.

I mean Christ, you're talking about Elon Musk being a loser when he was the world's richest man last year. That's a far cry from a complete loser that's unable to carry on a conversation without being a creep or annoying.

It's really dependant on each individual situation, like those that choose to remain virgins intentionally for whatever reason or people that just aren't interested in sex.

There is a high likelihood of adult virgins being loser the older you look, though. Not specifically because they're virgins, but because if you're a virgin in your 30s or 40s I think there's a high likelihood you haven't been able to have a relationship or even a one night stand, and if you can't get close to a single person over the course of decades you might be a loser.

I honestly don't know why they're bothering. Who is this for at this point?

Supersex420 posted...

It's literally a microaggression

I don't think you know what a microaggrssion is lol

Once or twice a week, mostly on the days I'm downtown for work because there's some pretty great spots. Typically I'm not eating at large chains anymore and go to local chains instead, but there's a chick fil a I can see from my office and I get lured into it sometimes. Outside of that we might grab a burger from P Terry's on a weeknight if neither of us feel like cooking dinner or eating leftovers.

As far as why we don't eat at fast food spots more, we've just always got a stocked fridge and freezer with fresh stuff to make and lots of leftovers ready to eat and frozen. We vacuum seal stuff like proteins to help it last and we've always got different soups we've made on hand that can be reheated super fast on the stove for a quick and easy lunch.

I forgot OverWatch 2 came out lol

Neutral good because the headboard shares a wall with the closet.

One thing that always weirded me out about neonazis is that it's an extremely tattoo friendly subculture but there's a rotation of just a few tattoos that all of them get without variation. I'm a big tattoo guy and the thought of having a gang of them that everyone else has as well just makes me feel weird.

Master_Bass posted...

People are saying the joke wasn't transphobic but was making fun of the transphobic state of society. I have no idea if that's true since I didn't hear the joke, though.

I mean just from reading the story that's what it sounds like. The joke bombed because, and no one else in the show agreed with the out of touch comedian.

DipDipDiver posted...

This topic is about the confrontation, and if they are squatting (which there is zero indication of that tbh) then the landlord is still very much in the wrong here

You quoted to me to repeat something I said twice in my three sentence post

DipDipDiver posted...

Even if they are 6 months late on rent, this is not the correct way to handle it. Landlord is 100% wrong here, and whatever the tenant is or isn't doing has no relevance to that, period.

I said the landlord was wrong in either situation. In the scenario where rent isn't paid, though, the tenant is also in the wrong. Not for the confrontation, that's still on the landlord, but for living on someone's property without paying rent. I hate landlords just as much as the next guy, but that doesn't make squatting okay.

If she wants them to pay rent early, the landlord is 100% in the wrong. If the tenants haven't been paying rent, both they and the landlord are in the wrong.

What I don't get is why anyone is certain that it's one way or the other, because the video makes no mention of early payments so none of us can be sure. But here we are and more than half this topic is people acting certain they know what's going on, whether that's the landlord wanting early payment or the tenants being squatters.

Haven't we seen enough 15 second clips out of context or where the given context is wrong by now to realize we don't actually know what's happening in or around this video?

I loved my Vita. Carried me through a boring ass deployment to Djibouti. Only thing was I never really played any of the actual Vita games for the most part, it was purely a machine to play old school PS1 games on.

Edit: But I did play the shit out of P4G. That was my first persona game and it was great.

Lokison posted...

I have an undercut, on the left side only. I usually do the majority of it, and ask my Fiance to get the parts I missed.

I do my beard 100% myself though.

You should go to a beard barber sometime. Not every time, but I'm nce every few months. I do my beard myself, but I like to treat myself to a good shapeup every few months. It takes like an hour at my barber and it's a full on spa experience. Just a nice way to treat myself after handling it myself for the most part.

Plus, I have a longer beard and even though I can keep it lined up on my neck to avoid a neck beard my barber is able to trim the underside ad lighten it up a lot in ways I can't.

I did when I wasn't a bald bitch

How am I supposed to talk about gangster shit if I'm also shutting the fuck up

Real g's move in silence, like lasagna, that's how

thronedfire2 posted...

what do you think infrastructure means?

if your state government won't spend the money when it's needed to keep the power on then they're just admitting whatever deaths happen are acceptable

It's like you didn't read my post where I explained that the state does have the infrastructure in place to address these e problems in areas where they're expected to happen, like a long the coast where power comes on quickly after storms so long as your house hasn't been blown away.

Again, historically freezes do not occur in central Texas. You can point to two years ago and say "SEE!?" but when else has a freeze ever happened here? Moving forward it needs to be addressed, but your foolish if you think a city government can just snap it's fingers and have the manpower to handle an emergency that the city has faced all of once in its history.

WingsOfGood posted...

ok.

but then you would think you would understand why the state in unable to fix their stuff in a timely manner when the governor blames Biden and Wind Turbines while letting the energy corps gouge the citizenry and not use that money to actually prepare for the next time

This isn't the state, why can't you understand that? It's the city. The person that's losing their job is the city manager, because he dropped the ball. It wasn't the state government, it was the city government. You know where the power is fine? The rest of the state. It's a problem in Austin because the city has grown denser and denser and the city does not have the resources to address it. Not the state. The city.

I don't know how Twitch and can't see the comments lol.

I've enjoyed the few girlfriend reviews videos I saw on youtube, though. That's gaming content that actually isn't grating to consume.

WingsOfGood posted...

What happened in Feb 2021?

Hmm.....keeps happening. Hmmm blame Biden for it!

How that working out?

Hey

Pal

I'm a fucking democrat living a democrat run city. I voted for Biden. In November I voted for the more liberal mayoral candidate that lost to another democrat. City council is full of democrats. We're all democrats here. You see Texas and think Austin is full of idiot republicans that hate democrats and blame Biden for gas going prices going up and you're off base.

thronedfire2 posted...

and obviously not having the infrastructure to fix things quickly.

in live in MA and the last time my power went out it was back on 10 minutes after the storm was over because they had all the trucks waiting and ready to go.

You need to think about both geography and climate when thinking about why we don't have crews readily available to handle this at the drop of a hat. Where you're from, the conditions exist in which it's expected that storms and other things of that nature will often occur. In central texas, these conditions rarely occur. I mean rarely. That's likely to change moving to change moving forward, but this is the case for our current situation.

It's not a "Texan" thing either. I'm from coastal Texas originally where hurricanes and tropical storms regularly whip through and wreck us, and because those conditions are normal there we'd get our power back pretty quick after the storm rolled through. The worst weather we historically get here in Central Texas though is that it's too hot. You might as well ask why we don't have salt trucks for the roads.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

because Texas is dominated by a political mindset that places profits over people

Again, this has nothing to do with our grid and everything to do with trees falling on our power lines.

I don't hate Pratt like some irrational people do, I just don't like him in more serious roles. Mario shouldn't be one of those, but I'm also not interested in paying to see children's movies at the theater when I don't have a kid that would get enjoyment out of it.

garan posted...

Almost everyone should be voting yes because most people are addicted to caffeine.

The poll specifically says not counting caffeine.

I'm a pothead I suppose. I'm fine when it's not accessible, but the minute it's within I just want to get high. It's pretty bad when I'm just trying to get through the work day so I can log off and get high, but at least I'm not doing when I'm actively working I suppose.

I was like 4-6 playing the OG, but I never really knew what I was doing. It was my parents game. I was more into Mario and Duck Hunt because those made sense to me.

I like the Beijing beef, kung pao chicken and chow mein. Their fried is too bland for me.

Ratchetrockon posted...

wtf... at least i wasnt that big of a nintendo fan

same with capcom. i really only liked their dmc games but im burnt out on them lately

They just bought stock in the company, it's not like they're running Nintendo now. Bad people invest in every company, if you boycotted them all you'd have nothing left.

dioxxys posted...

You know this comment actually made me like you more lol XD

Btw I dont actually like titty games all that much I just believe in creator freedom.

They can have all the creative freedom they want elsewhere. The makers of those games are releasing them on a console owned by a company that doesn't want that content, so tough luck.

An easy comparison is Twitter. People bitch and moan about free speech and censorship there, but a private entity is well within their rights to not allow something on their platform. They can't outlaw that elsewhere though, so if you want to say fucked up shit (or make titty games) just go to another social media platform (or release your game on a platform where it won't be censored).

I never really used any of my smart home stuff. When it came down to it I used it as a speaker to play sleep sounds and shit, none of the other stuff like turning on lights actually made my life any easier.

They release some good, some bad and it mostly evens out to be pretty average to me. I ain't gonna sit here and pretend that they can't touch their 90s output anymore, though. I'd also say that most people that still shit talk Weezer for their new stuff 20 years after they were most relevant probably aren't even listening to the new stuff, they just assume it's bad because they heard someone say so.

We didn't lose power, but this is the biggest limb that fell in our yard.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/0/AABT3YAAEJ7O.jpg

My girlfriend asked if it was something we could together when I told her I wasn't touching it and I just laughed at her. There's lots of smaller ones I already broke down and moved out front for pickup but this one is the landlords problem.

Honestly our grid fucking sucks but that didn't matter here, we have tons of power lines down all over town. Lots of the streetlights are still off too.

TheOtherMike posted...

No it isn't, especially when no one can actually explain how it's a detriment to the game.

I understand that perfectly fine. What I don't understand is why no one can articulate why they hate weapon durability in BotW. I don't understand why people say it ruined the game. I don't understand why it's basically the #1 complaint about the game when objectively it's 100% a nonissue.

What part of "it wasn't fun" do you not get? If I don't have fun doing something that's supposed to be fun, that's all the reason I need to say it's not fun. I don't need to write an essay or explain to you why I didn't like it because it wasn't fun is all the reason anyone should need to not like something in a game.

Again, you're acting personally offended that other people didn't think weapon durability was fun. Stop acting like you're trying to win a debate. No one needs to explain to you every aspect of why they didn't find it fun because it all just boils down to "I didn't find it fun," and that's all the explanation anyone should need for a video game.

TheOtherMike posted...

Hard disagree. "I want to do this thing that's entirely counter to the design and structure of the game" is an invalid criticism, and again, doesn't actually explain what's "bad" about the mechanic or how it impedes gameplay.

"I want to do this thing that's entirely counter to the design and structure of the game" is entirely valid if the player doesn't find what the game was designed to fun.

Why can't you understand that people can just prefer one thing to another? These are games we're talking about. If a person doesn't like it they don't like it, you don't need to defend it like they're attacking you by disliking it.

TheOtherMike posted...

Yes?

I get that, but it's not what I'm asking. I'm asking why it's a "bad" mechanic and has been so polarizing for so long when it's an objective nonissue with the way the game is structured. It can't be a bad mechanic if it doesn't impede gameplay, and in six years I have literally never seen an explanation for how it impacts play or what actually makes it bad besides "I don't like it."

I literally explained to you that they view it as bad because the game doesn't allow to hold onto weapons they want. You and I don't have an issue with that, but it doesn't make their opinion invalid.

Turn based is my preference, but I don't like most JRPGs much anymore. I'm much, much more attracted to a game like DOS2 than Dragon Quest, for instance. Wasteland 2 and 3 we're great too. Honestly, PC has a ton of good turn-based crpgs. People hear turn based and immediately think Final Fantasy, but these crpgs arent just clicking through a menu and watching a static character attack, they're closer to XCOM in gameplay than anything.

Hayame_Zero posted...

Some people are saying "this isn't a Dragon Age game" even though all three games played completely differently from the last. It doesn't have a defined gameplay style.

True

I'll just say I prefer the originals gameplay over the sequels and wish that they went back to it. Probably won't play this one, though. Not because of the combat, I just don't have the time to dedicate to long RPGs anymore, and my PC isn't good enough to run it and I split the TV that has the console on it with my partner who doesn't want to watch me play games on it all day lol.

TheOtherMike posted...

No I'm not. I enjoy what I enjoy and other people have no bearing on that. I'm asking for an explanation because no one has ever seemed to be able to explain how it's such a bad mechanic while being so polarizing. It's strange and I'm trying to understand why this particular point has stuck on so many people even after six years. I already said this.

Look I don't mind the durability system but it's pretty easy to see why some people don't like it. They want to find a cool weapon and keep it forever, they don't want it to break. The game is designed around weapons breaking and finding new ones, but lots of players don't want to do that, they just want the cool weapon they had that just broke and now they can't find again.

boxoto posted...

* it can't be both? when I just need a new weapon, then it's a gripe, but if I'm running low on stuff I like, so I have to go back to get some more (maybe actively looking for korok kids along the way to prolong this from happening again), then it's something that I hate since it's getting in the way of how I enjoy playing.
* also, people often like permanent weapons. if, let's say, 99% of the weapons you get can break, but the Master Sword was permanent, that would be one thing, and would still give players the supposed sense of freedom weapon durability proponents sometimes go on about, and also incentivize others to pursue the MS, if that's what they want. however, even the MS needs to be recharged, with is BS.

One thing I'll say regarding the MS, which probably won't resonate much since you already don't like the durability system, is that it has to have a recharge for the entire system to work. By nature of being the master sword it has to be the games most powerful weapon, and if you didn't make it recharge then players would never use any other weapons besides their bow. The workaround is to give other weapons an advantage over the master sword, but then it wouldn't be the best weapon anymore.

The end result, for you at least, is the MS recharging is both a feature and a flaw in the system. Personally the recharge time never bothered me though, mostly because the time.i spent between big encounters was enough time for it to recharge.

boxoto posted...

it's not that the seeds are necessarily difficult to find, I just think that if your inventory space is going to be limited, and your weapons a finite resource that take up inventory space, then that's not good design.

at least one of those things should have been scrapped, IMO.

despite their weak damage, my favorite weapons are the boomerang types, and iirc, you come across them less frequently than the others.

I don't want to have to warp to an earlier area, or travel back somewhere (even if it's a minor inconvenience), to farm a few since I know they're going to break because they're not as strong as that area's swords, spears, etc.

Fallout 3 (and maybe the later ones) handled this kinda thing best, where you could use similar weapons to repair broken ones.

I'll give you that, boomerangs were my second favorite weapon behind spears and I did have to travel back to the desert or the rainy area to get them if I ran out. Fortunately, because I loved spears and boomerangs so much my inventory was usually full of just those lol

boxoto posted...

but the thing about the breakable weapons/shields/bows was that you had to hunt down the korok seed kids to unlock more inventory space for them.

plus, if there was a specific weapon I liked, I'd have to go back to a certain area for it, which wasn't always fun.

it was a hindrance more than anything, IMO.

I see how how you're second complaint is valid, but as far as hunting down korok seeds I'm not so sure. Nintendo packed so many seeds into the game along natural game paths I never found myself actively seeking them out. I'd just see a quick puzzle on the way to my next shrine and drop a boulder to complete a circle or recreate a pattern by moving a single metal block and boom, I got a new seed in seconds and just kept moving. The only ones that took me any time were the archery challenges, which I could just skip because there were so many seeds in the game I could do other things I wasn't bad at instead and never be short.