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knivesX2004 posted...

But this guy is most definitely a Nazi. You don't need to be in ww2 to be considered a Nazi, that's absurd.

That's literally what Nazis are. If they weren't a member of the Third Reich, then they're as much a Nazi as a cosplayer is the character they portray.

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Super_Thug44 posted...

it's a round-about way of saying "He's a closet neo-nazi".

But he's not even a closet one, he was the leader of the American Nazi Party lol

If he called it the French Foreign Legion, would that make him an actual member of that? No, of course not.

likehelly posted...

Zeus posted...

Oh look, Helly is trying to become relevant by throwing around baseless accusations to get senpai to notice him. Again.

it's not baseless though

you're in this topic defending a nazi

again

it's pretty clear cut

you have a track record of doing this, and it's very...unsurprising.

It is baseless considering that he's not a Nazi in the first place, nor am I defending him at all. And, if you want to talk about track records, we could discuss your sad attempts like these to try to make yourself relevant again.

Super_Thug44 posted...

He was the leader of the National Socialist White People's Party, which used to be called the American Nazi Party. So while he was in charge of a party that was obviously Nazi from the beginning, I guess you can't really say he was in charge of the American Nazi Party, so Zeus kind of has a point. A lot of news outlets are saying he was the former leader of the "American Nazi Party" which isn't true, and likely only being said to get click-bait views because it sounds a lot worse than "National Socialist White People's Party" (which still sounds bad).

The bigger issue is by labeling fake Nazis you diminish the evil of actual Nazis. And anybody can call themselves whatever the fuck they want, but that doesn't make them that thing.

beefcake71090 posted...

I'll admit that I haven't read a lot about this, mainly just the summary given by OP, but do you know that the recipient's feelings weren't hurt? If so, where is that information?

If you're making a claim like emotional duress, it's really up to you to prove that claim rather than asking others to disprove it.
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That's hilariously awesome.
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So.... not really rats at all?
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It's kinda weird when these stories involve somebody you know. Or kinda know, as the case may be.

Yellow posted...

Some kid that sat with me at lunch ended up trying to blow up Congress.

How far did he get?
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Oh, thought this was about that one Gerudo temple or whatever.
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Monopoman posted...

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InfestedAdam posted...

Are you referring to pirating or actual streaming services? Of course with pirating folks are getting it for free but even with streaming I do feel the profit they're getting is next to nil.

Streaming services. I feel like at the very least streaming services have cut down a lot on pirating but they're still a huge ripoff for artists. I know labels take a big chunk of album sales but they're still important to the industry as a whole

You can get any music now free of charge even without resorting to pirating..

Youtube
Spotify
Pandora

Now obviously with some of these services if you want to listen to a certain song you are kind of SOL but you can get a lot of similar music for free. With Youtube you are talking about watching ads before the video which is "sorta paying for it".

A lot of music on YT is pirated, though, since many of the channels don't have the rights to stream it. And you can adblock YT to ensure that the artists don't see their fraction of a cent.
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LeetCheet posted...

Ewan Macgregor was like the only actor who gave a shit in the prequels.
I do at least enjoy to watch all Star Wars movies though.

idk, it was neat seeing Liam Neeson show up for a paycheck. And he was a pretty badass Jedi. Not as badass as Mace Windu, but that guy's lightsaber had badass mofo written on it. And he was so confident in his badassery that he had a purple lightsaber.
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idk, I kinda like the stricter, unambiguous enforcement. Makes things a lot less arbitrary and capricious.

likehelly posted...

i'm leaving gamefaqs, immediately

HeyImAlex posted...

I'm a little out of touch... what's flaming, again?

Basically name-calling.
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ReturnOfFa posted...

I enjoyed it, but I'm rather permissible with goofy fun children's movies.

Nade Duck posted...

the only big issue i have is with the special edition that spends way too much time with jabba and adds that awful song. way too much cringe for me. otherwise it's my favorite star wars movie.

The first few times I saw the song number, I liked it. Now I'm kinda more eh about it. As for Jabba, the CGI'd version seen in ANH stands out like a sore thumb compared to the set-piece version seen in RotJ and, tbh, having him move by himself like that really detracts from the character's presence. Plus why the fuck is he running an errand like that? While Jabba was among my favorite Star Wars villains for ages, that was probably when he started to lose some of the appeal.

TheCyborgNinja posted...

RotJ was ruined by the Ewoks. If there'd been Wookies, as originally intended, it would've been okay.

If that was the original plan, that would have been cooler -- although a little contrived and, since the base was supposed to be secret, probably wouldn't have made sense in the larger narrative structure.
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Spitball Sparky posted...

I actually went to Best Buy for a new album last year and they didn't have it. CDs are hard to find now. I'm from the LimeWire era where downloading music was free; I'm not about to jump on the dollar per song bandwagon. The public library has current CDs and I have a library card and a CD drive on my computer.

A few retailers carry major releases, but you're not going to find everything outside of a dedicated music store or online retailer.
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Literally nothing associated with it was a hate crime and what exactly are you considering "human rights violations" now?
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mrduckbear posted...

Are you a REDNECK???

Racist slur, tbh.
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Cloverfield was just Blair Witch 2.0

What? Other than being roughly in the same genre/subgenre, they're nothing alike. They weren't even promoted the same.

SkynyrdRocker posted...

People dig found footage movies for some reason. Idk, I don't really like them. If I liked horror maybe I would.

It's a kinda cool genre. That said, Blair Witch isn't a particularly good found footage film. It was mostly sold on hype and a slick advertising campaign.
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Rockies posted...

I don't remember a whole lot of specifics, but it was some pretty misanthropic shit, like that even petty criminals should be executed or spend life rotting in prison or something along those lines.

I think you have him confused with "Gifted" ACIII, although iirc Arctic does support the death penalty.

wwinterj25 posted...

Rockies posted...

Does everyone forget about all the mini episodes you had before the big blowup?

Does everyone forget how most users here loved Arctic before this "meltdown"? Mind you it's not surprising some users follow each other like sheep here.

"Loved" is a pretty strong word. Plus the board has always been pretty selective in its outrage. For starters, death threats only seem to count when aimed at a handful of "protected" posters. Arctic had either threatened or wished death upon a number of posters prior to the major blow-ups, but it was kinda brushed aside. Kana suggested having me killed once, but everybody's still okay with her as well. Hell, when Wasteland expressed a desire to see me dead, the newly-modded Melon Master went into the topic and made a joke about it instead of modding it. But, you know, inconsistent standards (and certain people willing to continually voice outrage, even when it's somewhat hypocritical)

Kyuubi4269 posted...

You spoken to him previously and he didn't seem racist then his dad died, a person confronted him about some random shit and he responded inappropriately. It rather obviously came from grief, people who have close family die on them are not in a good emotional or mental state.

It's hardly a tough case to crack, it's only troubling if you insist he must be racist to attack somebody who's black.

Yeah, some people will say whatever it takes to get under somebody else's skin at times so a racist insult by itself isn't particularly meaningful especially in the midst of a larger blowup.
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While RotJ is inferior to ANH and ESB, it's still a pretty good film. It was mostly bogged down by shitty attempts at merchandising (Ewoks) and a speedy resolution to some of the last film's events (the opening where Han Solo is freed)
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Gamechamp3k posted...

And apparently the show was succeeded by a sequel with four seasons (and is ending next month), so even after I finish this I'll have plenty more to look forward to. B]

afaik, Rebels wasn't a sequel. Clone Wars was set between movies 2 & 3, Rebels is set years after 3 and has a new set of characters.
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yutterh posted...

I take it i am the only person that still listens to cd's in cars and buys them hahahahaha

I still only purchase music via CD, although I sometimes get a digital download with the purchase. Otherwise the music *still* ends up on itunes because I'll import the CDs (mostly because it's an easy way to get them into a digital format and from there I'll use them on non-Apple devices as well).

When I'm driving, I'll use the built-in CD player when listening to music, etc.
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I think I did it once before learning it can damage your battery. Since then I don't think I would agree to it.
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And I want to travel via Orient Express someday and hopefully solve a murder along the way.
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mrduckbear posted...

The move that was BANNED in South Korea -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/11/05/4916CA9800000578-5377325-image-m-30_1518327917443.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/11/05/4916CA9400000578-5377325-image-m-31_1518327928179.jpg

Seriously, wtf?

mrduckbear posted...

This is their revised version..which doesn't look any different but it was approved -

No, that looks pretty fucking different.
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/02/11/17/4916F83700000578-5378389-image-a-6_1518371808612.jpg

Looks like attempted rape. Why wasn't anybody in that stadium calling the cops?
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Rockies posted...

Uh okay, nobody thinks you weren't here in 2015. I got confused because Eric B > Erik P is like a decade+ old joke on PotD so I thought you were pretending to be here for that. I still have no idea what you're talking about though because nobody who commonly goes by Eric B has posted here

No, I'm referring to a user with a similar name which led me to confusing the two.

likehelly posted...

he's trying to claim he was here for the b > p joke, when it's painfully obvious no one here saw him until around 2015.

And yet I have PMs from Allstarsniper in 2014. More importantly, when I was here, I ran into another Eric, got modded while responding to him, thought it was Erik P and later apologized to him. You can pretend that the event didn't happen all that you want, but it doesn't restore whatever karma I lost.

likehelly posted...

again, literally all you need to do is google gamefaqs archive. the one pertaining to you is literally the very first result.

If that's your source, it's clearly barely archiving anything. And you've somehow pulled content in the past that doesn't appear there either.
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EclairReturns posted...

Zeus posted...

And the first recession under Bush was triggered by 9/11, which was planned under Clinton.

I'm pretty sure Bill Clinton didn't plan that terrorist attack.

Under Clinton, not by Clinton >_> Although I suppose the wording has some inherent ambiguity.
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Yellow posted...

Huge growth spurt followed by a recession from an unstable and unregulated market.

The market spiked the day he won the election. He hadn't done anything at that point.

Yellow posted...

The recession isn't here yet... but it's very similar to how the country was after Bush, and the roaring 20s. After the real deal happens, we blame it on Obama. Take notes.

The problem with that assertion is the housing bubble dates back to the Clinton era. And the first recession under Bush was triggered by 9/11, which was planned under Clinton. Before Bush had even won his primary, the pilots were beginning to receive training for the attack and they were already in the US before he won the general election.

Andromicus posted...

Zeus posted...

Considering how much the markets are up, the fall isn't as meaningful. The markets are still up as a whole -- the Dow, for instance, is a bit less than double its 2008 peak (and more than double its 2008 low).

Also you misspelled "aide" and, I should note, aides resign all the time for personal reasons. As for the memo, that's just the usual political maneuvering. tbh, it's like you never paid attention to politics before now.

lol

If you have any specific comments or criticisms, feel feel to list them.
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Mead posted...

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Revelation34 posted...

Zeus posted...

clear murder

Citation needed.

Clear murder meaning a clear case of murder, not a matter of who clearly did it. It stands in contrast to the mother's death which could simply be death by misadventure rather than murder.

For a guy who claims to want nothing to do with me, you sure try to have a lot to do with me. And you've been spamming those emojis quite a few times and I'm sure what you mean to say.
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Revelation34 posted...

Zeus posted...

clear murder

Citation needed.

Clear murder meaning a clear case of murder, not a matter of who clearly did it. It stands in contrast to the mother's death which could simply be death by misadventure rather than murder.

Unless you're asking for a citation proving that the grandfather's death is clearly a case of murder, at which point you could check any of the links already provided. He was shot multiple times -- including once in the back -- by a rifle that wasn't found at the scene of the crime.
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faramir77 posted...

There should be an independent government agency in charge of verifying good practice when it comes to lottery winners.

There kinda is depending on the lotto, but it's *never* going to be as effective as announcing winners especially because it can't catch certain kinds of fraud. And also because there are logistical issues since the US has many different lottos, some of which are exclusive to certain regions.

faramir77 posted...

The privacy of lottery winners should be a priority given that gangs have, on numerous occasions, scouted out lottery winners and extorted much of their prize money from them.

Which is a kinda ridiculous claim given that normal rich people have those problems as well so, unless somebody wasn't going to spend any of that money, it's still on the table. And it's an extreme longshot at that.
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myghostisdead posted...

Is there some kind of half way house she can love in while getting help?

Sir, brothels are illegal.

all jokes aside, brothels are legal in nevada.

and also germany

Plus places like Craigslist have offers where they accept sex in lieu of rent, which is presumably perfectly legal because no money or goods are actually changing hands.
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bulbinking posted...

The thift shoppers who raid goodwills to resale the nicer clothes at garage sales and the like are in the same moral boat imho.

Not really seeing a morality argument there, although I suppose it still seems a little scummy. It's certainly not as exploitative as manufactured spending or people who use coupons to hit a negative value when shopping.

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FatalAccident posted...

quick google shows me its a nice lil way to earn some good shit

considering companies don't like this, and will freeze and cancel your accounts, which effectively means you just lost however amount of money on the account (usual several hundred to a thousand)

no, it's not a "nice lil way to earn some good shit"

that's not even getting into the convoluted rube goldberg ways they go about doing it

Trying to read up on it, but what's a really egregious use?
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I hope not.
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Depends on the locale. I tend to do another chillaxing at home that I want to explore while on vacation, though. Even when I'm just visiting another area for the afternoon for whatever reason, I'll often try to make the most of my trip by seeing a lot of the area.
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idk, have you tried living in a digital house? Doesn't provide much shelter.
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Although CDs are arguably on the way out, I was still surprised by the announcement. They still have some relevance (Best Buy, on the other hand, is gradually losing its relevance >_>)
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aHappySacka posted...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

I still need to see the first film, but RotF was really awful. DotM was also kinda bad, but mostly because of the Megan Fox replacement where they had to shoehorn in a love interest

The Popo posted...

Batman & Robin

Pfff, it was a hilariously great film. A great throwback to the campier Batman.
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Here's a recreation of the incident:


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WhiskeyDisk posted...

I suspect this is a child.

myghostisdead posted...

She looks like a child.

Guess I wasn't the only one thinking that >_>

PolloftheDay posted...

She's 23 though.

Can't tell from the photo, which only shows a cropped very-young face.
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Kind of a toss-up. Ginger Snaps: Back to the Beginning was a completely pointless retelling of the first film sloppily set in an equally pointless time period where everything looked out of place. However, Jason Goes to Hell took the biggest dump on any franchise that I've seen, transforming Jason into a jumping heart which wants to possess people so he be reborn through an incestuous union with a relative and can only be killed by a magic knife. It retconned, added strange new lore, and is the sort of thing which *might* have worked as an original film just because of how weird it is.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

jfc sunny what a train wreck

Me?

Oh no! We have three "sun" users on the board again! How are we going to tell them apart? =p
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Nobody has really used those words that I've heard and I can't recall having met anybody who argued on those grounds, considering it would require both avowing and disavowing evolution. Usually people go one way or the other.
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Ranzoh posted...

True, back in the low budget days and in-house development the quality was much better than today's carbon copies of story, gameplay, etc. Creativity was found in some newer games past 00s but there was multiple in the older games.

Kind of a mixed bag, though. Nowadays you have a lower entry barrier so indie games which never would have made it past the gatekeepers can become huge. Some of the more creative concepts are appearing in stuff like mobile and on Steam.

Of course, part of the sameness now results from people developing using the same engines. That said, a lot of the problems today are the same things seen then: sequelitis, relying on safe concepts, copying successful games, etc.

TheCyborgNinja posted...

The limited yet not too shitty technology and more reasonable budgets during the '90s forced a great balance that resulted in an overall better product much of the time.

Yeah, the graphics race has really been a race to the bottom in many regards.

Metalsonic66 posted...

There have been a ton of great games in pretty much every generation, really.

tbh, I've never been a big proponent of there being a best era for anything excluding perhaps subsections of things, such as beat-em-ups.
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Still no link and the guy has trolled on CE, so I'm guessing #FakeNews
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Lokarin posted...

Zeus posted...

Full Throttle posted...

Do you think lotto winners should be allowed to be anonymous?

No, because it enables fraud and undermines the overall integrity of the system.

In what way?

Well, for starters, you have dishonest clerks who sell lotto tickets and have a system which checks lotto tickets for winners. From time to time, people will ask them to check a bundle of tickets and the clerks will report no winners then go to cash them in themselves. You could also have an acquaintance who steals a ticket or something. Then you have stuff like this:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/30/mastermind-of-lottery-fraud-admits-he-rigged-jackpots.html

Ironically enough, it was only caught BECAUSE the guy wanted to cash it anonymously:

The group, which included Tipton's brother Tommy Tipton and a friend, Texas businessman Robert Rhodes, also attempted to collect a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket in December 2010 in Iowa, but Iowa lottery officials refused to pay it because the men tried to cash it anonymously. Iowa rules require the buyer and owner of the ticket to be made public.

That led to an investigation into a potential lottery fraud. Once Tipton was identified as a possible suspect, investigators began checking for connections to other winning games and zeroed in on winnings connected to Tipton, his brother, and Rhodes in the other states.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

FellWolf posted...

*Clock ticking intensifies*

Is that supposed to be a reference to something?

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Once again I wish I could locate an audio clip/video I used to hear on the radio which I *believe* was from one of the Psycho sequels where the speaker is talking about how his household didn't have cookies growing up, instead only having fudge brownies because brownies make less noise =x

Rockies posted...

Mead posted...

Why were you having conversations with yourself like you were two different people

idk, sounds dangerously like sanity-shaming >_>
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SunWuKung420 posted...

it's the bear minimum for tax write offs

SunWuKung420 posted...

donating to dogs is hardly altruism.

Care to elaborate?
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