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| Topic | Will resuming student loan payments help lower inflation? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 8:07:48 PM #44 | g980 posted... Why did they need an excuse?Because optics still matter. Arbitrarily increasing prices just to line your pockets is what gets you Martin Shkreli'd. Point to some external cause, like a war, a supply chain issue, or the pandemic, and they get free reign to say their hands are tied and put their hats out for as much extra cash as they want. They get 8mplicit permission to gouge as much as they want, because they can throw the blame elsewhere, and most people will just blame the government. It's not a coincidence profits for a lot of these global corporations doubled to tripled in the EXACT time frame when they were telling us they had no choice but to skyrocket prices "just to keep the lights on" --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Will resuming student loan payments help lower inflation? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 5:13:25 PM #40 | g980 posted... Do you think that they *didnt* want to charge more before?Of course they did. Ukraine gave a lot of them an excuse. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Will resuming student loan payments help lower inflation? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 5:08:35 PM #39 | Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... I suggested inflation was due to companies charging more. They're charging more because they want to and apparently are able to while still making record profits.And they will still want to no matter how many people are paying back student loans. And because things like food, shelter, and life necessities outweigh nebulous loan money in terms of priority, the only thing we'll see are people defaulting on loans, credit scores tanking, and prices remaining high. Starving out poor people is not the answer. Getting the obscene dragon hoards out of the hands of billionaires doing fuck-all with it is. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Will resuming student loan payments help lower inflation? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 4:35:53 PM #36 | Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... Wut? I said that companies are charging more in the OPyou suggested that companies are charging more due to both inflation, and people having more money than they would if they were paying back loans. This is not the case. Companies are charging more because they want to. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Creepy woman takes video of man at gym. Tells followers he's vain. |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 3:53:44 PM #29 | DyingPancake posted... I do an alternate version of that by slamming the ball on the ground and it actually is one of my favorites to doSlamballs are fucking great --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Will resuming student loan payments help lower inflation? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 3:48:01 PM #31 | Bold of you to assume that our 10% inflation is the cause of 200% price increases. While companies report record profits. As opposed to the obvious answer. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | C/D: You would support tech salaries being capped at $50,000/year |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 3:45:36 PM #63 | AzNDarkSamurai posted... I wasnt interested in getting one.Doubt it, if they knew you wished they lived in nothing but crappy apartments for the rest of their lives. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | C/D: You would support tech salaries being capped at $50,000/year |
| DarkBuster22904 05/23/23 3:22:49 PM #60 | The correct answer is yo raise the pay of teachers, and not kill the standard of living for tech people. Considering the areas people in those jobs need to live, $50k won't even cover a crappy studio apartment. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | MTG defends boyfriend over video of him dressed in drag |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 5:30:49 PM #54 | Vegy posted... MTG has a SO and you don'tIf anything, she's proof that having one is not something to be desparate for. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | MTG defends boyfriend over video of him dressed in drag |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 4:59:29 PM #42 | thronedfire2 posted... I have no problem with people doing drag but I assumed most of the drag queens the right wingers complain about make a hobby/living out of it and aren't people who just happen to be trying to have one drag brunch day in their life or just doing it like a joke once like this guy didThey make no distinction. None whatsoever. And CERTAINLY none of their proposed laws have any of that nuance. If we want to talk about irresponsible parents bringing their kids to strip bars and burlesque shows, drag or otherwise, we can do that. But that is NOT the discussion that the right is currently having. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | MTG defends boyfriend over video of him dressed in drag |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 4:32:53 PM #37 | thronedfire2 posted... yeah this is not the gotcha that people think it isThat is drag People like you associating all drag with strippers and prostitutes is the problem. Which is what MTG and her fellow MAGAts do. Mrs. Doubtfire is drag. Timon and Pumba doing the hula is drag. Like half of all Buggs Bunny gags involve drag. Mulan is literally Drag: The Movie. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Corporations want to charge you the same price... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 3:19:03 PM #50 | g980 posted... right thats why we're still paying $5/gal for gasIt's why we paid it at all, while Shell reported 300% year-on-year record profits while pleading poverty. And I live in Nevada. I AM still paying it. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Corporations want to charge you the same price... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 2:59:19 PM #48 | C_da_Neptune posted... For an elastic product, lower production costs would result in increased production and lower prices in addition to higher profits. And that's the part that never happens. Ever. Usually it's the opposite. Because we aren't in a consumer focused economy. We're in an investor focused economy where the goal is exceeding last year's profits by as much as you can, every year, and nothing else satisfies. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | ITT JRPGs that are better than Chrono Trigger |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 2:29:45 PM #39 | Bokothechoco2 posted... XenogearsWould be a contender if it was actually finished and didnt have that 2 hour long exposition dump at the end. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Corporations want to charge you the same price... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 2:07:41 PM #41 | WingsOfGood posted... Are you guys purposely misunderstanding him?I see you are unfamiliar with his gimmick. I assure you, we did not misunderstand. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Corporations want to charge you the same price... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 2:01:40 PM #34 | WTGHookshot posted... To me, the ultimate end goal of efficiency ought to be the complete elimination of the need for humans altogetherYes, well, considering the species is never going to intentionally genocide itself for the sake of a robot takeover. we can leave that nonsense at the door. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Corporations want to charge you the same price... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 1:47:44 PM #24 | g980 posted... i wish we could uninvent refrigeration to get jobs back to ice haulersWe are looking at an upheaval VERY far beyond the elimination of a single menial career. But by all means, continue with the reductio ad absurdum. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Corporations want to charge you the same price... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 1:41:01 PM #19 | g980 posted... In what world is efficiency something to be "corrected"One where we're about to "efficient" our way out of millions of people being able to afford basic necessities. The ultimate end goal of efficiency ought to be the complete elimination of the need for human labor altogether. However, under our current systems, that would result in a nightmarish hellscape where millions are left to starve next to mountains of food they can't afford. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | You have to live here for 1 year with unlimited food, but..... |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 1:35:34 PM #6 | Depends. Is the house furnished? --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | I too have been heavily bullied by the mods |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 1:23:16 PM #20 | https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/5/9/AAOdzqAAEgDT.jpg --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | MTG defends boyfriend over video of him dressed in drag |
| DarkBuster22904 05/22/23 12:23:54 PM #7 | Xatrion posted... Gaslight --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | ITT: I spoil Fast X the 10th movie in the Fast & The Furious series |
| DarkBuster22904 05/20/23 6:13:18 PM #3 | Should have been called Fast 10 Your Seatbelts. Golden opportunity, wasted. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Black guys try to steal citi bike from white woman |
| DarkBuster22904 05/20/23 3:27:54 PM #82 | X8Azazel8X posted... So far we won't know if any more truth will come out since no one is investigating it.so what you're saying is that because the evidence might possibly be recanted in the future, we should ignore it and continue uncritically siding with the party that has produced no evidence whatsoever? Yeah, no. one side has produced receipts, the other side has produced nothing. The one with evidence is right until proven otherwise. "But she FAKE CRIED!" Oh no, a pregnant woman being accosted by five dudes trying to shake her down did something to try to draw attention. The absolute humanity of it all. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Steam sales were way better before they implemented refunds |
| DarkBuster22904 05/20/23 3:07:16 PM #11 | I'd argue it has less to do with refunds, and more to do with pc getting increasingly popular as a platform. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | So Jedi: Fallen Order's plot was just kind of a waste of time, huh? *spoilers* |
| DarkBuster22904 05/20/23 12:55:40 PM #14 | Game rating scale: 10 - Universally beloved, an EA/Activision game being reviewed by a major publication, or a game with a lot of fanboys 9 - probably the actual best score 8 - pretty damn good, with a few flaws or one major flaw 7 - average 2-6 - Raging dumpster fire 1 - Has politics the reviewer doesn't like --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | So Jedi: Fallen Order's plot was just kind of a waste of time, huh? *spoilers* |
| DarkBuster22904 05/20/23 8:06:58 AM #4 | What gets me the most is just how popular Cal is as a character. Like.. he's fine. But he's about as bland, generic, bog-standard a protagonist as you get in the series. The guy has like no personality. And yet everybody lives him. Everybody's constantly begging for him to cameo in the mandalorian or something. his Jaro Topal lightsaber is one of the most popular in custom saber shops and such. And I just do not get it. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | You have a flight at [Local International Airport]. When do you arrive? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/20/23 8:00:36 AM #12 | I used to do hours before, but for the last few yeaslrs I've never been more than an hour and a half before. Usually closer to an hour. People grossly overestimate how long it takes to get through security, these days. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Do you still remember what you got on your ACT or SAT test? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/19/23 4:27:20 PM #65 | GranTurismo posted... Do you guys think these kinds of tests really test anything? Or do you believe that if you study enough then you can get a really great score?They absolutely do not. I DID study for it; my parents went all in on one of those profeccional SAT/ACT tutors, and took dozens of practice tests. I promise, I was no smarter between when I scored a 1930 on a practice test, to when I got a near perfect 2350. Half the test is finishing within the time limit. The writing portion is a total crapshoot, if you're able to write even a basic high school essay. English, the biggest limiting factor was memorizing a small dictionary of obscure vocabulary words that you promptly never use or read again. I'd say if you struggle at the 10th grade level, you're gonna have a rough time. If you don't, it's just a matter of gaming the test until everything aligns just right. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | "Karen" is a term used to silence women |
| DarkBuster22904 05/19/23 4:20:31 PM #112 | I feel like "Karen" as a term has transcended itself, at this point. By now it refers to an attitude/mentality far more than it refers to women or physical traits. It's like "boomer:" more the attitude than the specific age demographic. Hell, from the very beginning, I'm pretty sure "Ok boomer" has been said to more Gen Xers than real boomers, any day of the week. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Do you still remember what you got on your ACT or SAT test? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/19/23 3:35:13 PM #49 | just dug up my actual scores 2350 on SAT (800 each on reading and writing, 750 math), and 33 on ACT. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Do People Still Hate the Velma Show? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/19/23 3:28:04 PM #9 | It's still terrible, but I mean, what else is there to talk about? The cringes have been suffered, the memes have been made, and we move on. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | 'Please do something about the debt ceiling,' says the vice president, to you |
| DarkBuster22904 05/19/23 3:25:34 PM #85 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Even if it DID, cutting all 535 congress members' salaries to 0 would account for less than a billion dollars. A lot, lot, LOT less. It's a drop in the bucket. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Do you still remember what you got on your ACT or SAT test? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 10:02:19 PM #15 | GranTurismo posted... is that a really good score? 2350 out of what? it used to be out of 1600they added another 800 point section taking the total up to 2400, by the time I took it. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Do you still remember what you got on your ACT or SAT test? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 9:58:57 PM #11 | 2350 on the SAT on my third and final try. Don't remember ACT. It wasn't as good. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | What questions would you put on a CE Citizenship Test for 261ers to take? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 9:57:23 PM #97 | Complete this topic title: "Man ______________________" --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | 'Please do something about the debt ceiling,' says the vice president, to you |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 9:49:04 PM #25 | legendary_zell posted... And those like her who seem unaware, unwilling, or unable to use methods that mike break gridlock.What exactly do you expect her to do? Run mafia shakedowns on republican senators? --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Disney+ and Hulu removing dozens of originals for tax write offs. |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 9:43:35 PM #21 | JasonSehorn posted... The World According To Jeff Goldblumhttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/4/2/AAPstsAAEKzq.jpg --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | 'Please do something about the debt ceiling,' says the vice president, to you |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 9:35:09 PM #22 | UnholyMudcrab posted... The debt ceiling is going to be raised, and in the meantime, I'll just sit back and watch McCarthy's life continue to get even more miserableI hope they DO vote to recall him. The MAGAs don't have a prayer of winning, nobody else in the Repub camp is desperate enough a career-climber to make the deals he did, and we get a sequel to shitshow selection we got earlier in the year. Hell of a way to make the party look absolutely terrible. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Would a second Trump presidential term be THAT bad? (hear me out first) |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 1:48:10 PM #25 | TaylorHeinicke posted... no, it wouldn't. trump would've been a shoe-in if not for covid.Yeah, all he did was downplay the virus all the way through, defund the one agency that safeguards against that shit, peddaled conspiracy theories, pushed horse paste and bleach injections, mishandled the lockdowns at every stage, turned masks and modern medical science into a culture war, encouraged his fans to disregard safety rules, got the disease himself, and got people worked into such a blood frenzy that they boycotted Corona beer and attacked anyone who looked mildly Asian in the street. That's not so bad. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Sometimes I forget how conservative Soldiers can be |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 11:15:57 AM #7 | Considering the demographics that recruiters frequently target, it's not really much of a surprise. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Plan for Reparations Sent in By Cori Bush |
| DarkBuster22904 05/18/23 11:11:29 AM #8 | 14 trillion? so over 400k per person? Good luck getting THAT passed. In addition to getting 0 republican support, I imagine a good number of Democrats will balk at that number. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Blizzard is scrapping Overwatch 2's PvE mode |
| DarkBuster22904 05/17/23 5:42:24 PM #83 | thronedfire2 posted... and again, you could get ALL of it without paying a penny just by playing the gameIndeed. The line given by every single lootbox-peddling publisher out there. You may be playing for thousands of hours before getting the one item you want But you can get it by just playing the game, after all. Or for a tenner. Also worth noting that in 2016, there was no "bringing back the summer games every year." They explicitly marketed it as "get it now before its gone forever." A move they did on purpose. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Blizzard is scrapping Overwatch 2's PvE mode |
| DarkBuster22904 05/17/23 5:38:45 PM #81 | thronedfire2 posted... no it didnt. OW1 probably had the least exploitative loot box system of any game. I had every cosmetic item possible and never spent a dime except to get the pink mercy skin. I got everything else just from playing and never bought a loot boxAnd it took them all of a month after launch to cycle in Rio Olympic exclusive crap, in their own dedicated limited time lootboxes, to ride that sweet sweet FOMO cash all the way to the bank. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Blizzard is scrapping Overwatch 2's PvE mode |
| DarkBuster22904 05/17/23 5:33:30 PM #79 | Dakimakura posted... Overwatch was incredible up until Jeff left and the money people took overThe game literally popularized lootbox gacha crap industry wide on launch. There was no "until the money people took over." --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Man what are some despicable things you did in video games? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/16/23 5:17:57 PM #49 | I put my faithful Companion Cube in the incinerator. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Blizzard is scrapping Overwatch 2's PvE mode |
| DarkBuster22904 05/16/23 5:01:15 PM #13 | God damn that interview was gross to read --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Politics Board offline? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/16/23 12:09:29 PM #9 | Relle posted... There was a politics board?Not to my knowledge --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Were they serious with the live action Lion King movie? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/15/23 10:39:48 PM #10 | lilORANG posted... I don't get how they actually cut songs and it was still 30 mins longer than the original.it's because everything takes longer. There's a several minute sequence with that mouse Scar catches at the beginning. Simba's fur reached Rafiki in seconds in the animated version, and after a three minute rube goldberg sequence in the remake. The film fucking plots because everything just takes longer. Also the 4 minutes spent letting Beyonce show off an out-of-place new songle. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
| Topic | Were they serious with the live action Lion King movie? |
| DarkBuster22904 05/15/23 6:16:31 PM #2 | Discovery Channel docs actually look lifelike. The Lion King looked like everyone was taxidermied and just hadn't realized it yet. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 |
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