| Board List | |
|---|---|
| Topic | There really is no good choice of allegiance in skyrim SPOILERS |
| darkmaian23 08/04/23 7:23:14 AM #17 | It has been ages since I played it, but aren't there more factions than two?
--- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Broke up with my gf tonight, she is devastated and will be talking more tomorrow |
| darkmaian23 08/02/23 7:39:46 AM #76 | BunkerBoy posted... There is an archive site which auto updatesThat's weirdly specific and kind of creepy, honestly. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Trump might hit 100 felonies this week |
| darkmaian23 08/02/23 7:08:13 AM #32 | SgtBash posted... He can't get away from the Federal stuff if/when he gets convictedHe can if a Republican president pardons him. Or if a Democrat president does it so the "country can heal". --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Broke up with my gf tonight, she is devastated and will be talking more tomorrow |
| darkmaian23 08/01/23 2:14:58 PM #50 | Sputnik1337 posted... It sounds like she doesnt want to be with you, she wants to be with anyone who will get her out of parents place and help her with her debt and you happen to be that person for her at the moment so shes latched on to you.I don't think anything more about this needs to be said. People can be complicated, but this is beyond that. You are being used and manipulated, and nobody needs that kind of static. Cut her off and don't have further conversations with her. All more talking could lead to her is her using you or maybe baby trapping you if you don't get out fast enough. In the future, watch more carefully for red flags. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Did anyone else here just love the Mario movie? |
| darkmaian23 08/01/23 1:58:13 PM #1 | For the first 15 minutes I was kind of wondering, and then I just got sucked in. I loved absolutely everything about it, even as an adult viewer. I gather that is not a particularly common view. The depressed Luma and the super cute penguins were just the best. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Your crush says ''look me into my eyes and tell me what the One Piece is'' |
| darkmaian23 07/31/23 9:41:18 AM #3 | Vegy posted... OdaI consider it probable that even Oda doesn't know. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Creepiest co worker you ever worked with |
| darkmaian23 07/30/23 12:20:30 PM #22 | brestugo posted... Day 1, the guy broke the seat, fell into the bowl and threatened to kill everyone and their family.This is to be expected of the kind of monster who stands on a toilet seat. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Blue hero, red rival, black dark counterpart |
| darkmaian23 07/30/23 11:31:45 AM #7 | You know there are three sets of characters and only two poll options, right? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | How hard is it really for people in crap jobs to go learn a skill? |
| darkmaian23 07/30/23 6:03:43 AM #36 | Euripides posted... There is no such thing as unskilled labor/jobsThis is true. Also, even shit jobs--unless they are made out of make-work--actually need doing. From my perspective, that nice lady at the local McDonalds who made my delicious bacon egg and cheese biscuit the other day is doing something far more socially useful than someone managing a hedge fund. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Whats your opinion on climate change? |
| darkmaian23 07/29/23 10:11:56 AM #7 | pinky0926 posted... The world will continue to get hotter, ecosystems will continue to die, water will dry up and mass migration events will continue to happen the world over, and literally no amount of evidence or real time live events will ever sway conservatives from considering that maybe we have something to do with it. R_Jackal posted... It's hot all the time. Nights barely get cooler. Everything is going to shit and no one really cares enough to do anything because "Oh no! The economy!" If we're being honest Southernfatman posted... I don't care for it to be honest. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Do you think Michael Jackson is guilty? |
| darkmaian23 07/29/23 8:38:02 AM #37 | I think he wasn't guilty...and that he probably was weird enough or mentally unwell enough that leaving kids alone with him in the first place wasn't a great idea. The man needed help nobody was giving him. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | $1M but your cat literally doesn't give a fuck about you. |
| darkmaian23 07/29/23 8:31:48 AM #5 | ai123 posted... Cats don't give a shit about anyone or anything.You're only fooling yourself if you think otherwise. boomgetchopped3 posted... Id win that cat over eventually --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | I forgot that a literal tree wants to fuck Link in Oracle of Ages >_> |
| darkmaian23 07/29/23 8:30:38 AM #3 | NeonTentacles posted... He's almost got as much swag as Ocarina of Time LinkNaw, all the fairies wanted a piece of Link in OOT. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Lockheed-Martin doesn't deny they have UAP |
| darkmaian23 07/29/23 6:16:41 AM #18 | markconig posted... I work for LM, I wish we had some alien tech. We can't even get human tech working most of the time though.I don't know if you actually work there or not, but this statement tracks with what a lot of people from the big aerospace and engineering firms have said over the past few decades. Actually, it might not just be engineering firms. The amount of dysfunctional, unskilled people responsible for managing businesses and making decisions is staggering. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Do you remember GameFAQs message boards looking like this? |
| darkmaian23 07/29/23 6:09:41 AM #12 | No, but I was there at the time. It makes me sad to think that I used to visit the site everyday, and I can't even remember what it looked like. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | KOSA and COPPA 2.0 have passed out of committee in the Senate |
| darkmaian23 07/27/23 9:53:46 PM #8 | To be clear, this has passed out of committee, which means it could be included in a bigger bill (like the NDAA) or voted on in the Senate at any time. It has not yet passed the Senate itself, nor is it in danger of being signed into law right away (an identical version would need to pass in the House too). It's just important to be aware that it is moving closer and closer to that point so that you can contact your representatives. Representatives are aware of the criticisms and have said they will work on them, but that probably doesn't mean much in the face of legislation so fundamentally flawed. I don't have any more information on what's going on with the other terrible internet bills like EARN IT either. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | KOSA and COPPA 2.0 have passed out of committee in the Senate |
| darkmaian23 07/27/23 9:35:29 PM #1 | https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/27/23809876/kosa-coppa-2-child-safety-privacy-protection-social-media Concerns not addressed by Senators include that these might end up requiring users of the internet to provide their ID to every website for age verification eliminating anonymity online, and that these laws could be used to restrict access to LGBT+ material or otherwise silence their voices. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Would you rather be 20 years old forever or 40 years old? |
| darkmaian23 07/27/23 3:27:40 AM #18 | Aloc posted... 20. My fucking neck and back.Yeah, for real. Anyone saying the only real difference between 20 and 40 is social has good genes or good luck. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Mitch McConnell Glitches during press conference |
| darkmaian23 07/26/23 8:35:35 PM #114 | __aCEr__ posted... Our leaders just being shuffled around by aides.This is, I think, pretty ridiculous. If you need people to take care of you because you can't take care of yourself anymore, what business do you have running a country? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Oh shit! Spongebob taking shots at the Nostalgic Critic! |
| darkmaian23 07/26/23 8:32:09 PM #45 | creativerealms posted... Turns out he was a sex offenderWhich kind? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | The onions in Pikmin 4 seem pretty well hidden. |
| darkmaian23 07/26/23 11:31:13 AM #8 | I never really got into Pikmin because I felt super guilty every time they'd die, especially when fighting a large boss monster. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | House Committee UAP Hearing at 10AM EDT |
| darkmaian23 07/26/23 10:47:22 AM #3 | How's it going? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Thoughts on alternative cancer treatments? |
| darkmaian23 07/26/23 10:43:15 AM #21 | ShadowElite86 posted... Not bait at all. Apparently it's a touchy subject though. These products ARE being used for this purpose, whether the FDA approves or not. I'm just curious if others have researched this.This topic is dumb regardless of whether or not it is bait. What do you think random people in a Facebook group know about medical treatments that doctors and researchers don't? Some rich and famous people have gone the "alternative" medicine route and they are quite dead, like Steve Jobs for example. And as far as the parallel theory goes--that ultra-advanced medicine exists but is kept from the public, you can look again to Steve Jobs or John McCain or anyone really who keels over and dies from old age or the same sort of shit that kills everybody else. And don't you dare get started about how you are "just sharing some ideas" or some other type of nonsense. I get that this stuff is clung to by desperate people with poor outlooks, but it also kills or hurts a ton of people who believe it and never get real, working medicine for themselves or their children. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | I had a dream Howie Mandel told my mom I was a girl |
| darkmaian23 07/26/23 8:26:51 AM #3 | I once dreamed that Howie Mandel stalked me, wanting me to lick his head. It tasted like smooth lemon Mike & Ike's candy. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | shower drain is fuckin clogged what do i do |
| darkmaian23 07/25/23 2:42:09 AM #22 | I think it's time for you to become an AngryOrangeCup and hulk out. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress plans to tack a bunch of internet-killing bills into a must-pass bill |
| darkmaian23 07/25/23 12:51:28 AM #19 | BryceYoung posted... I like how the URL says "you can help stop these bad bills"EARN IT is on like it's third try. Bad bills have been defeated before, and they can be defeated again. None of us can force Congress to act in a certain way, but taking about these issues and applying pressure is not nothing. Not every company, government agency, or member of Congress will be in favor of these bills either. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress plans to tack a bunch of internet-killing bills into a must-pass bill |
| darkmaian23 07/25/23 12:39:25 AM #16 | Gwynevere posted... Definitely concerning, but would be more concerning if there was a chance in hell they'd ever be able to enforce any of that shitBig companies can't ignore the US government the way they can ignore Australia or the UK. They can't threaten to leave or take their business elsewhere. Companies already bend the knee to three letter agencies for secret spying. These bills will take away the rest of online privacy and secret communications, restrict who can access what (under the guise of protecting children from objectionable content), and even what content can appear on the internet. This is a huge deal. If any of you still haven't contacted your representatives yet, please do so. If you don't believe the things I'm saying, please check out the EFF and read about these bills and who is against them. And if that still isn't enough, check out the text of the bills themselves. This is bad, and it's worrying that they are trying to pass them all at once without serious scrutiny, especially when the public by and large wants none of it. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Are you paranoid? |
| darkmaian23 07/22/23 11:46:55 PM #9 | No, because I'm pretty sure being suspicious and mistrustful of governments and big companies is completely justified in 2023. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Americans' belief in god drops to record lows..... |
| darkmaian23 07/22/23 6:18:25 AM #6 | GranTurismo posted... oh really, you're sure of this?Not the guy you asked, but I have a relative who used to be a pastor. Around a decade ago, Protestant churches were starting to think that an entire generation of young people just weren't going to go to church. The few times I've gone to a regular service, the average age has to be 60+. You don't even get a good turnout anymore for Christmas and Easter. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Soon, I'm gonna have some sex |
| darkmaian23 07/22/23 5:14:45 AM #4 | Eh? Who is the lucky guy/girl/nonbinary munchkin? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Tx TikToker trapped in Dubai. Faces 2 years in prison for yelling in public |
| darkmaian23 07/22/23 1:53:25 AM #7 | I'm sure Dubai has a lot of problems, and hopefully her sentence won't be that long, but it is sort of refreshing to see people get some consequences for shitty behavior. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Quick update on my wife, battling stage 4 cancer... |
| darkmaian23 07/22/23 1:51:12 AM #27 | I wish you both the absolute best! Having a loved one with cancer is the worst. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Psycho Pass is becoming real |
| darkmaian23 07/21/23 4:16:04 PM #2 | The only kind of "pre-crime" I can get behind is working to figure out why there are so many crimes and work to address the root social issues...along with better laws and fairer policing. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress is considering 5 internet censorship bills for the must-pass NDAA |
| darkmaian23 07/21/23 4:14:20 PM #30 | FL81 posted... how about "No"If they really are trying to shove the bills into the NDAA then our only hope is that they get cut out, because all defense spending bills inevitably pass, just like other government spending bills. It's why everyone likes saving shitty bills. Nobody can, in it's final form, vote against such a bill. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | The perfect girl but she likes to dirty talk in a Shadow The Hedgehog voice |
| darkmaian23 07/21/23 9:07:14 AM #2 | So...she is somehow better than perfect? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Guardians of the Galaxy 3 was the best MCU film since Endgame. |
| darkmaian23 07/21/23 8:23:44 AM #2 | I think Guardians 3 is the best MCU film period. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress plans to tack a bunch of internet-killing bills into a must-pass bill |
| darkmaian23 07/21/23 4:28:41 AM #6 | kingdrake2 posted... Which ones do you think are good, and why? Every single one of these has a pervasive theme of surveillance and internet censorship, and they are trying to pass them as a group in no small part because none can pass alone, and because it means government control of the internet will increase even if some of them don't survive legal challenges. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress plans to tack a bunch of internet-killing bills into a must-pass bill |
| darkmaian23 07/20/23 8:27:29 PM #2 | Bump! --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | I think im having trouble sleeping lately because of back pain |
| darkmaian23 07/20/23 5:54:03 PM #5 | How old is your mattress? That can make a big difference. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress is considering 5 internet censorship bills for the must-pass NDAA |
| darkmaian23 07/20/23 5:29:40 PM #20 | I just saw this on the EFF and posted about it. In the current version of the article, it doesn't mention that it is the NDAA that they are trying to stick them into. Where did you hear about that, and what is the timeline for it passing? --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Congress plans to tack a bunch of internet-killing bills into a must-pass bill |
| darkmaian23 07/20/23 5:27:38 PM #1 | https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills It has been the plan since the beginning to try and put all of these together into one super-bill because none of them are popular. Originally, the plan was to have a "think of the children" week or something and pass them then, but now it seems Congress wants to stick them all into something that needs to pass for different reasons. The article doesn't mention which, which I admit is a weakness, but it frankly might be the cases that sources are telling the EFF that Congress doesn't particularly care which bill gets these passed. And in any case, if you haven't heard of one or more of these bills, now would be a great time to know they exist because everyone is evil and the government means to pass as many as they can despite all objections. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Anyone played the Ys series? |
| darkmaian23 07/20/23 3:29:59 AM #49 | Both are definitely worth playing. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | How much free will do you think humans have? |
| darkmaian23 07/19/23 7:56:44 AM #3 | Karovorak posted... Putting a random % on this is 100% bullshit for sure, but if I have to:Maybe 80% on average?I wasn't sure how else to make the poll. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | Would you happily serve an A.I. Waifu overlord. |
| darkmaian23 07/19/23 6:48:40 AM #8 | Sure! You can even skip the whole chip-in-my-brain part. ~_^ --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Topic | How much free will do you think humans have? |
| darkmaian23 07/19/23 6:46:45 AM #1 | What do you think?
Vote
I don't think it is exactly zero, but it's nowhere near one hundred percent either. Because of a medical condition, I experience seizures. Willpower and intent mean nothing when your limbs decide to move on their own, or when you get stabbing, uncontrollable emotions that have nothing to do with what is going on around you because of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. If a malfunction in the brain can lead to involuntary thoughts, feelings, or actions, what does that say about free will? Or consider the sometimes bizarre behavior of split brain patients (seriously, look this up online if you've never seen it). I don't have a link handy, but researchers have run experiments where if you are subjected to an MRI and asked to decide whether to raise your right or left hand, the researchers can tell what you're choice will be before you perceive yourself as having consciously decided anything. --- Cuteness is justice! It's the law. |
| Board List |