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r4X0r posted...

Republicans have a very solid case to make to the African American voting population of the country.

A democrat just won in Alabama, lel

Republicans might have a strong case to make but they seem to be doing a very poor job making it
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For games like Elder Scrolls, the minimal the better. I think a static map and a compass is about perfect, with very subtle markers for your active quest.

When I was playing Oblivion I got this map mod that looked like this and made sure to disallow fast travel until you found a location. It also cleared the map of all markers until you found them for the first time.

https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/101/images/31273-1-1271945283.jpg

It just really tied in the feeling like I was really in that game. I liked it.
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r4X0r posted...

If you don't like it, use a competing service. Oh wait, there aren't any. Oh wait, that's why they have zero motivation to unfuck the comments system.

I get the argument but again, it's fucking google. These are the guys that do random exercises in advanced UI improvements just for academic shits and giggles. I can't understand why they aren't testing the fuck out of different kinds of comment styles when they're changing the rest of the UI on a frequent basis.
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Spooking posted...

pinky0926 posted...

You also don't get notifications in your account for when someone has replied,

I believe there is a setting where you can change it to notify you.

It's really bad and rarely works. There's also no page you can go to to see a history of people replying to you, you only get one chance and that's when it's a fresh notification.

Grey_Locus posted...

No monetary incentive.

Seems counterintuitive though to how they've always operated in the past. Maybe improve the product?

Or maybe that's the problem. Creating a more involved community probably opens it up to more shitposting.
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It couldn't be any worse. There's an upvote mechanic with no downvote counterpart (even worse than that - a downvote button that is an empty shell and does literally nothing), meaning it's highly likely that the most disgusting and shitty comments imaginable will be some of the top comments on any video.

You also don't get notifications in your account for when someone has replied, you just get an email, which is kind of impossible to follow anyway. So people don't really talk on there, they just kind of leave a shitty reply and that's the end of the discussion.

I mean it's freakin' google. No way they're not aware of this or can't figure out how to improve it. I guess maybe they just don't want to for some reason?
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Shotgunnova posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Is it though?

Yes.

I'm honestly struggling to reconcile this with the simple fact that there are a handful of very well known problem posters who do nothing but be assholes with every single post they make on every single account they post with, but just coast along no problem.

I mean green butter is a bit spicy sometimes but generally a good and well liked dude on here. I would have thought that moderating would allow a certain degree of sense when applied to making the community a better place and not simply about following the letter of the law to an arbitrary degree.

This seems like 3kl territory to me. But what do I know.
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Nope, and because of past experience anytime I see a blocked number call I get an unwanted bolt of anxiety shoot through my stomach.
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Shotgunnova posted...

*looks*

Fair, next.

Is it though? By the sounds of things he just vaguely called a collective group of fans morons, not any particular user on this site. Somehow I don't feel if someone said "Justin Bieber fans tend to be a bunch of morons" it would result in a 6 month suspension
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The mod who got you clearly has an iPhone X
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Ok while we're at it

Error1355 posted...

You've got a pretty fucking bad mod history. You'd probably get suspended for any trolling comment on that account.

Can you explain then why hoth and his army of alts are ever allowed to post anything? By this reasoning you guys should be blasting them off the site every time that [redacted] presses "Post Message"
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Romulox28 posted...

Error1355 posted...

You've got a pretty fucking bad mod history. You'd probably get suspended for any trolling comment on that account.

so do you guys use any sort of discretion or critical thinking when you moderate things, or is it just a form? because there's a literally a topic up on here now about people telling Fire Thief that they hope he rots in prison and that seems cool, but when I posted "hahahahahahahahaha" in a topic I made about playing computer games i got a 180 day suspension. boggles the mind

*grabs popcorn*
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cjsdowg posted...

Aren't most subreddits like that.

That is why not like Reddit that much. Say I watch a episode of (New Action Marvel Hit). And I didn't like it. There use to be places were I can respectfully talk about why I didn't like it.And people could have good conversation about it. Now that most things moved to Reddit it gets down voted and no one ever sees it.

Same thing with store reddits.

Depends largely on the subject matter but yes, most subreddits are circlejerky by the very nature of the upvote/downvote system. People crave approval and the only way to get it on reddit is to post the status quo.

You'll find that the community is slightly better on more "adult" subreddits, like stuff to do with woodworking instead of /r/gaming.
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I feel sorry for radiohead though, they've upset the music world's version of nintendo fanboys with this
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I mean is that really how you said it

I didn't see the post but usually in these topics OP is playing things down a wee bit verde mantequilla
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Radiohead are fucking RICH as fuck to accuse others of song stealing here. I'm glad you included the hollies song in the original post.
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STPeachybooty is a famous camgirl, not a cegal
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And goddammit if you came here to say "Sides, on a steak?" or "another steak" or something obvious like that then gtfo immediately and get a better punchline

I'm kind of getting bored of some standard salad and mushrooms and fries/mash, but I don't know what you could even substitute with.
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Oh no doubt, customers are assholes. And a lot of the time they're just unreasonable and stupid. But the kinds of people who post their stories on talesfromretail...I think some of them need a reality check, or a different job or something. Because whatever they think it's not normal for someone to be hyper aware of when someone is about to finish their shift and how inconvenient it would be to ask them for help finding something, nor is it normal for customers to know the layout of the store to the same degree that the employee does.

That's how a lot of those stories go. "I was just finishing my shift when some soccer mom asked me where the milk is (ugh), I told her I was finished and she flew off the handle and she complained to my manager trying to get me fired and my manager had my back and told her to leave. Everyone in the store applauded and a kind old gentleman handed me a crisp $100 bill"

Also unfortunately, if I'm dealing with someone who hates their job and hates making any effort at all, sometimes putting pressure on them is the only way to get shit to happen. Being nice and friendly to someone who has already had their soul destroyed from working in retail for 10 years isn't going to get you anywhere a lot of the time. They'll just say sorry, can't help you etc. when you know that actually, if it was important enough to them they absolutely could.
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I guess this is what happens when a reality tv star with zero qualifications tries to apply his skillset to presidential work
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Akagami_Shanks posted...

I can guarantee that whatever the customer has to say, has been heard before and nobody there can do anything about their complaint unless a VP or something just happens to browse the subreddit.

Most employees don't have any stock in the company, therefore can give no fucks about what you think of the company.

It certainly goes both ways.

A lot of retail/customer service/hospitality staff just don't want to admit that sometimes, the squeeky wheel gets the oil, and just being nice all the time isn't necessarily going to get you what you actually should as a customer.
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I first enjoyed a few stories from /r/talesfromretail but it soon became painfully apparent that most of these stories are humongously exaggerated revenge fantasy stories and 100% not how it actually went down.

I now just get a savage enjoyment at the sheer entitlement of some of these assholes who apparently lose their fucking mind any time a customer is disgruntled about anything.

Same goes for /r/talesfromtechsupport. Sure, there are some dumbass users out there, but there's also a fair share of super smug tech guys with zero social awareness who take a little too much glee that $user didn't understand a fairly advanced technical problem.
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I feel that this scene and the mother inside-out reincarnation scene were more brutal in the first anime, but brotherhood was way better overall.
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UncleBourbon33 posted...

pinky0926 posted...

lmao UR getting called out

UR is right though

Doesn't matter. The guy doesn't appear to hold a single honest opinion. He just posts to contravene whatever is the status quo without actually committing to a counter argument.
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It was funny at first but it's become clear over time that this is something a lot more than just someone who is painfully obtuse and socially awkward.
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(I realise the irony here)

For real, this is not even funny anymore. We're all just enabling someone's problems and making a show out of it every time.
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You shouldn't worry, these sorts of social questions don't concern you
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I mean I think he needed to be cut off from the bar and called a taxi but that's about it.
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Eh, not a big deal. It's a problem for him personally and he should be embarrassed and apologise but hardly witch hunt material.
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I focus more on why being of any descent makes your chances better.

The idea is to give people who start with less chance to begin with a helping hand. It doesn't always work properly, but the idea is good.
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America is weird
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lmao UR getting called out
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KazumaKiryu posted...

Ha! Here's another good one. This is the last section of the application:

Heritage Statement: The American Bar Association has encouraged law schools to gather additional information from applicants who indicate that they are Native American. If you wish to provide a heritage statement describing your background and affiliation with an American Indian or Alaskan Native community, you may attach a file.

No wonder Elizabeth Warren decided to make something up.

I'm sure you're trying to make a point here but I promise you it's not nearly as clever as you think
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Set meaningful, obtainable goals.

Not meaningful attainable goals: Get a 6-pack, become fit, become stylish

Meaningful attainable goals:
- Get my bench up to 180lbs/add 3lbs per week to my bench
- reduce my bodyfat to around 20%, aiming to lose 2-3lbs a week
- improve on my mile run speed weekly
- consult a style specialist
- get a haircut by [date]
- buy at least one new item of clothing per month

etc.
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26_Sandman_39 posted...

or at least the "I'm not a nazi, I just think black people and white people should be segregated both for their own good" kind of people

you mean like RickyDaBawse and RebelElite?

Sure, if that's what they're like, but I don't know if they are
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Fin_Dawg_004 posted...

LOL was tc trying to prove a point here?

I'm going to hazard a guess that this was going to be a cry for how oppreshioned white people are
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KazumaKiryu posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Usually, because if white people are generally the majority then any added diversity is going to mean less white people per capita, because basic arithmetic.

What if it's a city where the black population is larger than white, thus the majority?

Any community comprised overwhelmingly of one ethniity/race/nationality/gender is not diverse. You make it more diverse by adding in more people that are different.
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Usually, because if white people are generally the majority then any added diversity is going to mean less white people per capita, because basic arithmetic.
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There are legit a couple of people who are stormfronters here, or at least the "I'm not a nazi, I just think black people and white people should be segregated both for their own good" kind of people. Shout out to the "I'm not racist, but white people are the most oppressed in today's society" dudes.

Helps to tag them so that you don't bother getting into arguments with people like that.

For the most part though I think there's just some typical internet edgelords abundant
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Some things are better, some things aren't. Other things are just different. You've got to learn to enjoy life and not focus on everything that's bad or degrading and put your energy into the things that are better, unless you want to be miserable forever.
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So many good ideas here

Two_Dee posted...

I dont think ive ever eaten after smogging

Dude, how

It's like the no.1 reason I do it
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so basically

literal fake news

lel
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I lol'd heartily

Duncanwii posted...

Feminists want to push men out of society and theyd probably be ok with our species going extinct as lost as they can get a take that against males.

Dude this is not a representation of typical feminists, lmao
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I gotta say

- chilli con carne
- hot wings, or just fried chicken in general
- shitty quality pizza, like dominos or whatever
- really fucking robust potato chips
- tangerines. I don't know why but I like super sweet tangerines
- ice cream. Preferably with nuts, like salted caramel praline or something
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Ah, yeah I'm forgetting context then.

I guess Lily is just kind of a special brand of crazy that seems to work in their relationship, most of the time.

But without a doubt Marshall is the most solid dude who's worst traits seem to be things like being too competitive or not cleaning the kitchen.
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