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VIXVLV posted...

I mean, typically YA features a simplfied social commentary on top of characters who display raw emotion as the discover the devious society that they are a part of.

Strange how all you experts of literature have been completely silent in defining or describing anything lol.

This is a weird hill to die on. There's not some specific theme that absolutely makes something YA.

"Nearly any genre that would make for a compelling adult novel can also make for good YA literature"

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-young-adult-fiction-with-rl-stine

So literally the main difference for YA would be:

"Age-appropriate for readers approximately 14 and up"

"Protagonists are almost always teenagers..."

And Squid Game is neither of those. The main character is a middle aged man with a daughter. And the show itself is not what most parents would consider appropriate for 14 year olds. Lots of violence, cursing, some nudity and sex. Yeah... not for kids.

A_Good_Boy posted...

They're not two separate things. Kanye was wearing a WLM shirt. Why would she comment on both things as if they occurred in a vacuum from one another?

Because you're misunderstanding the correlation between the 2 things. Here let me quote the TMZ article, so it makes more sense, what she's really saying.

We got Sharon shopping at YSL on Rodeo Drive in Bev Hills and asked her about Kanye's controversial shirt ... and she told our photog all lives matter.

Sharon says Kanye shouldn't be canceled over the "White Lives Matter" shirt ... telling folks to simply ignore Ye if they don't like what he's doing.

So when she said to ignore Kanye, she was saying it in support of him. As in, don't cancel him, just don't listen if you don't like it.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/07/sharon-osbourne-agrees-kanye-west-blm-scam-wants-money-back/

Stare into the void and the void stares back

9/10. Great list, I will be playing most of those as well.

I enjoyed it. But if you're one of those people that hates anything that's not a 10/10 revolutionary masterpiece, then you'll probably hate it. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's got good characters

DCinGA posted...

Not sure how to define the usage of 'throttled'...?

Lil help

to attack or kill someone by squeezing their throat in order to stop them from breathing

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/throttle_1

Wow... that poor guy. She definitely sounds like she would have killed him if he didn't escape. I wonder if he'll be too afraid of matching with women online now. That would be pretty traumatizing

ZangsBeard posted...

https://i.imgur.com/xHi3LN0.gif

"Ignore the dot" just makes me focus on it even more lol

Man TC, that opening post needed some spacing lol

But that's awesome, lots of great anime in that list. Excited for more Mob Psycho, Spy x Family and Golden Kamuy.

Also been meaning to check out Chainsaw Man. Might as well get on that now if more episodes are coming.

"I'm easy to fiiiind"

gunplagirl posted...

Oh, the 300 lb one or whatever? Damn.

That's the one, yeah.

CedarPointcp posted...

Hey nox, at least you still have lex luthor drop of doom. Iirc the orlando one and lex luthor are very similar

Tho one in Orlando leaned the seats forward before the drop. That's way more terrifying than drop of doom

I think it was a good decision. The ride could have stayed up and operated safely, but the boy's family had been petitioning for it to be removed. So they're respecting the family's wishes. Which I think it's respectable.

CedarPointcp posted...

really? i didn't hear about the final investigation. Completely employee negligence?

They said it's because the ride operator manually adjusted the restraints.

"The report confirms that manual adjustments had been made to the sensor for the seat in question that allowed the harness' restraint opening to be almost double that of the normal restraints opening range," Fried said during a press conference.

"These misadjustments allowed the safety lights to illuminate improperly satisfying the ride's electronic safety mechanisms -- that allowed the ride to operate even though Mr. Sampson was not properly secured in the seat," she said.

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/orlando-freefall-death-operator-made-manual-adjustments-to-tyre-sampsons-seat-report-says

gunplagirl posted...

Sorry, I don't know what that is or what the story behind it needing to be destroyed are.

Back in March, a 14 year old fell off of a drop tower ride. It's been closed ever since, and they decided to tear it down.

viewmaster_pi posted...

i wanted to like it, but the item balance was an absolute joke, and basically 9 of the players were garbage, the other 2 were speedrunners and time trial dudes doing sAcReD bLuE fIrE strats that can't be touched. both this game and mario kart 8 got ruined by overused meta bullshit

Sacred blue fire wasn't really a "strategy". Just a mechanic with a really high skill ceiling. I found it fun to see how long I could manage it during a race.

It's a great game. I played the hell out of Nitro Fueled on PS4 when it first released.

And I don't know how the online is now, but back then, there was always at least 1 player that was really good at maintaining boost for the whole race. Some tracks I could pull that off, but others, I got stomped lol.

G Unit. But that was mostly 50 Cent beefing with everyone.

When I was 6 or 7, I was in the kitchen with my mom and she was explaining to me how important it was to be careful with knives. Because they were very sharp and you could hurt yourself if you're not careful. Well, while she was washing a knife, her hand slipped and she cut her hand really bad. We had to rush to the hospital and she got several stitches.

Now I'm 33 and I'm still really, really careful around knives >_>

AlCalavicci posted...

why did you break up?

Oh nothing to do with the ring lol. She cheated.

I got my ex a nice cubic zirconia ring when I proposed to her. No one could tell it wasn't a real diamond. And I wouldn't want to marry a woman that insisted that I bought her an actual diamond. Why not put that money towards the wedding or the honeymoon?

Oh shit. I completely missed this, thanks. I was wondering when the new Need for Speed was finally going to come out. They teased "Need for Speed 2021" 2 years ago and then no news, besides it got delayed.

Game looks like it has some promise, but the combination of animated characters and realistic cars is weird to me. Maybe it will grow on me.

Toys that light up and make music were big hits with my son when he was still an infant/toddler. Kept him entertained for long periods of time. Also had a jumper. He loved that too, although it would actually put him to sleep sometimes

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/6/8/AAQgjdAADwJ0.jpg

Option 1.

Why would you risk losing the love of your life, for a job that pays far less money, just because you might enjoy it more than your current job?

That's so many steps in the wrong direction. Keep job hunting, something better will come.

*Links 1 hour video*

"watch this entire video"

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/1/5/AAcjXVAADOCL.jpg

chrono625 posted...

Pratt isnt necessarily the issue. Its just that we are so used to Martinet that we have to make an adjustment to the new/original voice.

This is true. Mario's voice is a huge adjustment. Because we're used to him sounding a specific way.

And I'll have to listen to the trailer again, but seemed really close to Chris Pratt's regular voice. Which is even more off-putting. Like if Jack Black just talked in his normal voice it would be weird too. I would be picturing Jack Black every time Bowser spoke.

That actually looked great and I love Jack Black's Bowser voice. Not a huge fan of Mario's voice, but it could be worse I guess lol

Gremlynn posted...

Texas obscenity statute forbids the distribution, promotion, or possession with intent to promote or distribute obscene devices.

Obscene devices are defined as any device designed to stimulate male or female genitalia for pleasure.

Possession with intent is defined as more than 6 individual devices.

As of 2008 the federal government deemed these laws unconstitutional and there is presently no attempt to enforce it, but there were attempts as recent as 2007 and the law was never stricken from the books.

Lmao that's a dumb law. Like what's the logic there? Having more than 6 means you plan on selling/promoting them?

That's my biggest annoyance with the newer AC games. The leveling and stat systems. Odyssey was really bad about it. If you didn't have high enough stats, assassinating an enemy wouldn't actually kill them.

And Odyssey also had some really aggressive level scaling, which i hated. Thankfully the scaling was removable with mods on PC.

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

what some of yall dont realize is that $81K/year is nothing in a high COL place like San Francisco, Los Angeles, or NYC

Bullshit it's nothing. That's $6,700 untaxed. The equivalent annual salary would be $126,000. With that much, she could literally live a middle class lifestyle without actually working herself, which is ridiculous.

Yeah, if you're experiencing symptoms today, you probably got it from somewhere else. Symptoms usually show up 2-5 days after.

Hope you feel better either way though

cjsdowg posted...

Nox....

<_<

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/6/AAQgjdAADiP8.jpg

cjsdowg posted...

Fabulous, What fabulous about him? I think he's terrible, music unbearable. Ripping off Mase with that look on his face. damn man, I rest my case

Man, nostalgia right there. Whack Rappers was so hilarious.

Loso still raps

https://youtu.be/v8LAUhR7f0Y

Spider-man all day. He quips circles around Batman.

"Just to be clear this is an a bit."

That sounds like people saw the name "dream" and started imagining mister perfect lol

Umbreon posted...

Ooh! I hope this turns out good. DuckTales reboot was a success.

Yeah, I loved the original DuckTales, so I went into the reboot expecting to hate it, but it was actually great. Hopefully Darkwing Duck delivers as well.

Bad_Mojo posted...

I f'n loved the movie, but it seems that a lot of people hated it. We so badly need that Darkwing Duck movie now

I enjoyed it. Tons of callbacks, cameos and Easter eggs. My favorite gag was the slow-mo zoom in on Ugly Sonic's teeth

And they're working on a Darkwing Duck reboot series (not a movie). Rumors are saying 2023, but we don't have an official date yet.

The Moist Unleashed

Honestly I don't really worry about belt brands. What I've been buying are those ratchet belts where there's little grooves on the underside of the belt. They fit much better than belts with the holes in them.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/0/8/AAQgjdAADv5Q.jpg

10 years is way too light. It sounds like she slept with him multiple times. So that should be 1 charge each. And she was also giving him money to buy drugs too, so... wtf.

Cagey posted...

How old was the student? Or did I miss it?

It doesn't say. Which I'm not going to lie, kind of annoys me lol. I'm assuming a high schooler, given how light the sentence is.

The opening for Deadman Wonderland is great (some great songs in the ost too). The anime had potential, but it ended up being kind of bad.

https://youtu.be/_5WvUPHF5f8

VeggetaX posted...

This is the worse OP ever in Anime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6EPMvIhtyA

That song is great and so is the anime, wtf.

RenescoStCewl posted...

You don't care she's using you for money? That seems way worse.

This. TC you absolutely should not be covering every date. That's a bad sign in and of itself, even if the rest of this never happened.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

what is a "thirst trap photo"? im old and dont know the lingo of today's youth

"a thirst trap is often a photo used to entice a response, usually in the form of praise, compliments, or more explicit expressions of ardent desire."

So really anything that could get some horny replies. Purposely showing cleavage or ass, or wearing revealing clothes, etc.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/8/4/AAQgjdAADv44.jpg

Giant_Aspirin posted...

ew, no. give me the all natural peanut butter that's nothing but peanuts and maybe salt. all that other stuff is GROSS

are we really becoming so lazy that spreading peanut butter is too much?

I feel like there would be a market for it. I bought peanut butter crackers for my son, but he just eats the peanut butter and leaves the crackers. So the alternative is to just give him a bowl of peanut butter lol.

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