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You're asking why unhinged lunatics act like unhinged lunatics. Regular people don't act like that.

(Note: this doesn't mean their causes are lunacy. Just that they, personally, are unhinged. Just had to throw that out there since CE gonna CE otherwise)

Alteres posted...

but I go there and patronize them and get banned from the chat.

*ba dum psh*

I'm just going to assume he was the only one at auditions who could do a full split.

You know how everyone says that instead of shopping at Walmart you should shop at Mom and Pop stores, even if they cost a little bit more?

You're confused about people shopping at Mom and Pop entertainment and wondering why they don't just spend their money on studio products.

Like, people who donate on patreon are called patrons because that's literally what they're doing. Patronizing the arts.

Harry?

badjay posted...

I'm not mad at you specifically if my post comes across as that, I'm legitimately pissed at all the news articles I read (to corroborate what you said or at least find out why the fuck people think it's 15 vs 3 minutes of choking) who have an ACTUAL GUY ON THE SCENE RECORDING AND DOCUMENTING HIS THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER don't actually put the WHOLE THOUGHT, and instead just put the "cool or dramatic" sounding part of his thoughts. It's hilarious because if they REALLY wanted to shake things up, they should've used that the line the guy himself uses about this reminding him of what happened to George Floyd. NOBODY USES THAT LINE. That shit is fucking gold, but they didn't because they didn't fucking translate the guys post wholly. It's disappointing and I'm just frustrated because all this misinformation happens so much and it's so easy to cross reference things and get it right the first god damned time.

Don't worry, I didn't interpret your post as being upset at me directly. I can only assume that in cases like this one story ran with the quote and then everyone else just copied it in a race to be out with their own front page rendition.

badjay posted...

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Thanks for the update, and good on you for doing the leg work.

ZevLoveDOOM posted...

King Neptune ofc.

King Neptune may be of the sea, but Crom is of the earth. What can Neptune do against the riddle of steel? Even he will be cast out of Valhalla!

Banks not having coin counting machines is the biggest bullshit.

emblem-man posted...

What information would have to come out for you to think some criminal charge should be looked at?

I think the case should be looked at as-is. My point was that anyone who hasn't bothered to read even the basic details of what happened and are responding strongly to the topic title or headline is should probably shut the fuck up until after they bothered to read what happened. If I didn't post the story everyone here would still be pretending that some lone wolf choked a random person out for 15 minutes straight for no reason at all. Anyone getting pissy at me for providing the actual context of what happened is just revealing they had come to a conclusion based on complete ignorance and don't like being called out for it.

Oh look, another topic where a bunch of people reply with strong opinions with no idea what happened.

Did everyone else know that other people on the train were also actively restraining the guy? No? Of course not.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65472810

A video captured by a freelance journalist on the train shows the former Marine holding the 30-year-old man - who was said to have been acting erratically - around the neck for two minutes and 55 seconds.

Two other riders are also seen restraining his arms. All three later let go of the man, who is then seen lying motionless on the floor.

Police sources told BBC's US news partner CBS that the man who died was throwing rubbish and yelling at passengers. Mr Neely was a Michael Jackson impersonator and was living on the streets, according to US media.

Officers arrived at the scene at about 14:27 local time (19:27 BST) and found the man unresponsive. He was later taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Juan Alberto Vazquez, the freelance journalist who filmed the incident, told the New York Times that the deceased man was screaming on the train before he was restrained.

"'I don't have food, I don't have a drink, I'm fed up,'" the man screamed, according to Mr Vazquez. "'I don't mind going to jail and getting life in prison. I'm ready to die.'"

He added the passenger was frightening, but had not assaulted anyone. At the time of the incident, Mr Vasquez said he did not believe the man would die.

"None of us were thinking that," he told the New York Times. "He was moving and he was defending himself."

Also note how 3 minutes became "15 minutes" and everyone just runs with that.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

i dont' get it >_> What's the reference

The premise of the topic is the opening to Ghostbusters 2.

EDIT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_II

Dana Barrett, Peter's ex-girlfriend, has an infant son named Oscar with her ex-husband and works at an art museum restoring artwork. She contacts the Ghostbusters after Oscar's baby stroller rolls, seemingly independently, into a busy intersection.

The event is what leads the Ghostbusters to check the sewers and where they find the river of slime.

Were_Wyrm posted...

Check the sewers for slime.

A grossly underappreciated reply.

It's almost definitely a false flag. Intel analysts are saying it's practically inconceivable that a drone could get that close to the Kremlin. In addition, Ukraine tracks Putin's location pretty hard and he wasn't even in the building during the attack.

So we have a drone attack that shouldn't be possible, on a target that isn't there, that is conveniently caught on stable camera under good lighting, that caused no damage, the day after Russia has to announce that their big victory day parade is being dramatically scaled back due to "threats from Ukraine", and only a few days after a report came out all but confirming that they were behind the pipeline attack last year. It's far, far too convenient for Russia.

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Their Attack on Titan game has shockingly good maneuver mechanics for a team that never really had to implement something like that before.

The best dynasty warrior games that the team has made in the last 10 or 15 years have all been spin off anime titles.

Microsoft wants to break the console generation cycle and make it more like PCs.

DrizztLink posted...

Are they under the same union?

Apparently not if guild writers poach animation writers' work during strikes.

He was the worst part of the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, but in general I never really liked Scooby's rotating cast of guest dog characters that were just there for comic relief.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/0/AABJX0AAEcIY.jpg

San Francisco can govern however they want, and if that leads to a mass exodus of businesses and eventually a downward spiral for the area, then we'll know that those policies don't work. If they do, everything will be fine.

It depends entirely on the grocery store. There's a fancy one near where I work where they have a legit sushi chef at the counter making rolls for the lunch time rush, and that's about as fresh as you're going to get.

If you're at like, an acme, and you have no idea where the sushi was made or when it was made, then that's entirely a different story.

https://www.cces.ca/sites/default/files/content/docs/pdf/transgenderwomenathletesandelitesport-ascientificreview-e-final.pdf

FYI for those that actually want to know where science sits on this, that above "study" has already been proven to be filled with outright lies:
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/academics-pen-trans-women-in-sport-report-rebuttal

In their paper, the Academics claim that the CCES review is methodologically flawed and accuse the reports authors of incorrect reporting of scientific data.

The criticisms can be summarised as either being simply wrong, grossly misrepresenting the actual work, or being straw man arguments, the paper states.

Here's the full report:
https://idrottsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/devineetal221129.pdf

For example, the anonymous authors claim evidence showing that male advantage is lost after one year of testosterone suppression, while the two papers cited in support of this statement explicitly argue that male advantage is retained well beyond one year of suppression. In fact, a recent cross-sectional study (Mobilia Alvares et al, 2022) measuring the performance of transwomen suggests that the advantage may be maintained after 14 years of testosterone suppression.

To explicitly confirm who is telling the truth, here's the CCES text:

The limited available evidence examining the effect of testosterone suppression as it directly affects trans womens athletic performance showed no athletic advantage exists after one year of testosterone suppression (Harper, 2015; Roberts et al., 2020; Harper, 2020);

And here's what the Harper study says:
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/15/865?fbclid=IwAR0Mx3LwvYROTkOQGCwRv_qZgNJNt26EfG_V8miCYRYKiGjiOU1rZa1nGaI

Results Twenty-four studies were identified and reviewed. Transwomen experienced significant decreases in all parameters measured, with different time courses noted. After 4 months of hormone therapy, transwomen have Hgb/HCT levels equivalent to those of cisgender women. After 12 months of hormone therapy, significant decreases in measures of strength, LBM and muscle area are observed. The effects of longer duration therapy (36 months) in eliciting further decrements in these measures are unclear due to paucity of data. Notwithstanding, values for strength, LBM and muscle area in transwomen remain above those of cisgender women, even after 36 months of hormone therapy.

Conclusion In transwomen, hormone therapy rapidly reduces Hgb to levels seen in cisgender women. In contrast, hormone therapy decreases strength, LBM and muscle area, yet values remain above that observed in cisgender women, even after 36 months. These findings suggest that strength may be well preserved in transwomen during the first 3 years of hormone therapy.

There are plenty of studies that DO show that transwomen retain advantages even after years of HRT, but the CCES study didn't count them because they didn't use "elite athletes" so apparently that science doesn't count.

A tweet with an embedded video teaser announcing a trailer drop for the very next day....
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/6/3/AAAtxmAAEXzP.jpg

He vaded real hard right at the end of Return of the Jedi.

With couch co-op gone they might as well retire the series.

Zootopia got it right:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/9/AABJX0AAEcFP.jpg

AceMos posted...

https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/status/1653259902243012608

They kind of are demanding no show jobs:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65447046

It called for a TV staffing minimum, ranging from six to 12 writers per show, as well as a guaranteed minimum number of weeks of employment per season.

In their own statement on Tuesday, the AMPTP called those the two "primary sticking points"

Half the complaint from the union is that TV shows being 12 episodes instead of 24 or longer has forced writers to have to pick up more gigs because their current ones just don't run as long. They're trying to mandate a minimum number of writers and a minimum amount of time no matter how short the show is.

Looking up the sticking points between each side, I can't see this strike ending any time soon. The writers want an industry wide ban on AI tools, a guaranteed minimum number of writers over a guaranteed minimum number of months on all projects, even if there's no actual work for them, a pay raise, a reversal of decoupling the writer role from the producer role, and syndication pay for streaming.

Looking up the sticking points between each side, I can't see this strike ending any time soon. The writers want an industry wide ban on AI tools, a guaranteed minimum number of writers over a guaranteed minimum number of months on all projects, even if there's no actual work for them, a pay raise, a reversal of decoupling the writer role from the producer role, and syndication pay for streaming.

DOOM-64 posted...

huh? Eyes, testicles, brain, spine, ligaments, none of those heal

Depends on the level of damage. You can scratch your cornea and that will heal up. People have survived damage to the brain and we've observed that the remainder of the brain works to compensate for the loss. As long as the spine isn't severed you certainly have a chance at that healing too.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

why was Deathloop a huge deal but no one gives a shit about this?

Deathloop wasn't a huge deal either. Everyone hyped it up because it was a new IP at the launch of a new generation, but then the game came out like a wet fart and everybody moved on.

I would think the bigger flaw is the fact that teeth are basically the only thing in our body that won't heal. Wounds will cover up, torn or burned skin will patch over, even bones will mend if held in place. Crack a tooth? Sorry, that's just forever.

Mr_hulk88 posted...

Oh.. I just got it, it's says it's not likely to result in reversal. Lol

I suppose the important thing is that you got there in the end.

Slappers or gappers, depending on the build

Could be worse. We're probably less than 10 years away from a good chunk of the population only knowing Calvin and Hobbes as that one truck sticker of Calvin peeing on something.

Uta posted...

Absolutely mind boggling that Hollywood apparently has plans for a live action adaptation of this one.

Oh god, did some real life troll sell some Hollywood boardroom on the idea after the relative success of Alita? The entire concept is going to need a fundamental redesign to have any shot of ending up on screen.

But maybe most upsetting is the idea that the incredible Kevin Penkin score might get replaced by generic hollywood adventure schlock.

TC, let me recommend another wholesome anime about a girl and her dog going on an adventure:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/5/4/AABJX0AAEb7K.jpg

Doe posted...

I dont think it will be because of being provocative, I'm skeptical there is enough new content for $70.

What percentage of day 1 review scores are based on a full end-to-end playthrough of the product, though? Like, how will they evaluate if there's enough new content if they only put like 5 hours into the title because they're on a deadline?

I'm expecting high 80s because this title is absolutely ripe for journos who want to try and stand out by giving it an unusually low score.

Mr_hulk88 posted...

Uh..well no it's not "all the article says".
The article literally says
likely to result in reversal or an order for a new trial of all counts

They allowed an appeal two days before she was expected to surrender and this after overturning one before already.

Now you're just trolling:

In denying Holmess earlier request to remain free while she appeals her conviction, Judge Davila wrote that while Holmes presented clear and convincing evidence that she would not flee, he did not believe she raised a substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal or an order for a new trial of all counts.

Rise_Makaveli posted...

I drive a 2016 Honda Civic LX. Best Buy only tells me if the radio will fit, not if its natively compatible. Is there a specific site to google that, cause Best Buy was the one that popped up when I did google.

I don't know enough about car radios to help, but generally you can just call/go to a honda dealership and the service counter should be able to help. The only other option is Pep Boys maintains a database of compatible parts, so if you visit one of those and give them the make/model/year they might be able to at least give you some brands.

Also, don't just blindly trust a Best Buy salesperson or their web site. The radio may "fit", but according to your receipt it needs a data interface adapter for your car, a steering wheel control adapter for your car, a voltage adapter for your car's camera, a USB adapter for your car, and a radio antenna adapter. I don't think there's a single plug coming off that radio that isn't forcing you to buy some kind of adapter just to get it to connect to your car

Though earlier this month U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila denied her request to remain free while she appeals her conviction, this week she asked the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals directly if she could stay out of prison while her case makes its way through the appeals process; the request automatically puts her reporting date on hold while the court considers her request, says the Journal.

All the article says is that her surrender date was put on hold because she's appealing. It's not like her sentence is overturned or the case was dropped.

Maybe I'm misreading that receipt, but if I'm not it looks like you bought a car radio that isn't natively compatible with your car, forcing you to spend around $200 extra on adapters and interface schemes to get it to work at all. But either way, you probably shouldn't have Best Buy messing with your car's wiring. If you insist on buying that specific radio and setup, find a local auto body that will work with already ordered parts, buy the hardware from Best Buy, and then have the mechanic install it.

He's more like a real life Hank Scorpio

My condolences. I have a golden that just turned 12 and I'm not looking forward to that day.