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EclairReturns posted...

No, that's actually the area of my life that I would complain least about. I have a stable job and financial aid that always leaves me a lot of money. I always have more money every time I pay that damned American tuition than when I paid the previous semester's tuition. I'm very grateful to have a mother who will let me live in her and her husband's house, because I hate this state's expensive studio apartments that even with my pay, cannot afford. At the same time, I always find myself hating myself because both my parents are turning old, and I really should be living in my own house about now. I hate that they still work in their advanced age to pay, while I should be helping in that endeavor myself. But neither my mom nor my father let me do so, anyway, which makes me feel all spoiled and crap. All the while, I struggle to keep an even mind during the weekends because of the lack of social interaction, which leaves me more time with thoughts and memories that give me bad anxiety, in addition to the shame that I already feel for living in their house rent-free, not being allowed to pay for anything. Then during the week, I just feel really freakin' exhausted from school and work and stuff, and then I worry about how I'm sometimes late to work and how that might get me fired someday, even though no one ever reprimands me for it (I'm dead serious when I say that everyone just acts normally if I'm like thirty minutes late to work). The last time I texted my boss that I was gonna be about thirty minutes late, he didn't respond, and didn't even react when I got there. He's just all normal and I'm here freaking out about why the hell he isn't scolding me. Anyway, sometimes I'm really exhausted and tired from the previous night, being unable to sleep due to the thoughts that keep me awake, to the point that I wake up late, and am thus unable to arrive on-time to work. I mean, I can rush out of the house for school, but I can't even do the same for work, and it really bothers me where my priorities are. Like, they give me this job, and I pay them back by arriving to work late? What the hell is wrong with me? Seriously, I'm exhausted from just a part-time job and a part-time school schedule, and I really have no reason to complain because so many other people have it harder than me. Then I just feel like a child because I personally don't even know these people, and thus don't even care for their troubles. I only care about me and my own troubles. And then I feel shame for being childish and selfish and crap. I'm complaining about my very privileged life, and mildly taxing work/school schedule, while both my parents work in their advanced age to support me and my family. I really think that's freakin' messed up, and I just feel nothing but feel shame whenever I feel exhausted, and uncaring for what they must do. Seriously, I really think there's something wrong with me. "Oh, boo-hoo, I feel shame and mild exhaustion, despite having no actual problems!" That's nothing compared to actual real-world problems that my parents have had for like thirty bloody years. I really have no reason to hate my life, but I do so anyway. And I just think I'm really messed up, and in more ways than what I've described in this paragraph.

You know, you can break thoughts up in into separate paragraphs. It's *very* easy. In fact, you can do it just like this >_>

While you talk about making enough, if you're forced to live with your folks, you're kinda not making enough. Granted, few people expect college students to cover everything on their own. That said, a lot of your described anxiety might be relieved if you were making enough to not depend on your folks.

Otherwise, if you're dealing with chronic exhaustion (particularly due to anxiety), it *might* be a sign of depression. You should probably avail yourself of whatever free counseling services your school provides.
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The cool thing about money is that you can almost never have enough. The more you get, the more stuff you want which means you need more money =p
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Lokarin posted...

And they just stare at you, and the background art rarely changes?

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That's the problem with visual novels

Kek.
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Actually, that kinda inspires some *other* things I'd love to see in film:

Bone - Which *might* be getting a film, but they've dragged their feet
Turok
Savage Dragon - Which probably would work better as a tv show... partly because he had a show
The Tick (although it has a tv show again, which makes that unlikely)
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tbh, I've just used my cellphone to check the time for decades now. For a while, I had a kind of watch which clipped onto my belt loop (never been fond of wearing them on the wrist) but, between needing to change the batteries and having a cell phone, I finally just stopped using it altogether.

Do you favor actual watches more for style or because you find it more convenient to check your wrist for the time?
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cute_fan posted...

French

A culture with hundreds if not thousands of "Jean-Marie"s ... and they're all male. @.@;;

Well, "Jean" is actually pronounced "John" so it's not as weird as it looks (well, the Marie half seems weird because it is pretty much pronounced the same) and Jean pops up in a lot of French names (including in fiction, as is the case with Jean-Luc Picard)
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Mead posted...

Also a lot of coke in glass bottles is from Mexico where they use cane sugar as the sweetener since it is cheaper for them than corn syrup, and it tastes better

Which, tbh, is thanks to less government intervention. The US has federal subsidies on corn and iirc tariffs on foreign cane sugar. Given that HFCS is also less healthy than sugar (the extent to which is debatable and may also vary depending on consumption rates), it's government intervention which makes the country sicker (and, of course, gives us a worse-tasting product)
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Zikten posted...

Native americans are the most oppressed and genocided race on the planet.

Well, no, considering that their extermination has never been as systemic and racially-based as other actual genocides. And today they're not the most oppressed group, since we have actual genocides currently being carried out in parts of the world, including Myanmar.

Zikten posted...

they make up like less than 5% of the country's population and most of them are not even pure native anymore.

There are quite a few problems there. First off, the majority of Native Americans were wiped out *prior* to European westward expansion thanks to disease (the bulk of which unintentionally came from settlers, although biological weapons *were* used later on). Second, it's not merely a matter of a shrinking Native population, but instead massive immigration and higher birthrates among the immigrated peoples. Third, on the issue of racial purity, there's nothing inherently wrong with mixed race marriages and it's not like there was a policy in place promoting "breeding the Native out" of them, unlike Australia which literally did that as recently as the the 1930s or 1940s.

Granted, there WAS some attempts at extermination by the Federal government -- forced sterlization, for instance (which, as always, is one reason why you should be wary when the government offers you "free" anything -- they've sterlized and experimented on communities they claimed they had come to help), although the impact was more limited and covert than other programs.
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9. Really neat animal.

Slayer posted...

Day 1649: Bearded Dragon - 6.8 (19 votes)

Shit. How could I miss that poll?
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

and Swamp Thing their own features too?

Well, Swamp Thing *already* had some movies and a live-action show.
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AverageBoss posted...

Martian Manhunter (see above)

He's a great one, but I half-expect that his appearances on Supergirl might preempt it.

AverageBoss posted...

John Stewart focused GL movie could be great (possibly with Vandal Savage as the villain).

I can't see them going with Vandal instead of a villain whose powers make him more of a physical match for GL.
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Having attended a public school, I would rather have gone private... although a lot of them have uniforms so... meh.
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But he'll still be Sam Axe, right?!
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Yes, greater protections under law, greater access to social protections (support, physical defense, etc, not as often afforded to men), longer average life expectancy, almost guaranteed custody of children in case of a dispute, and so on.
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Nightengale posted...

xjayguyx posted...

We have given Native Americans enough.. time they give back. We have paid them 10 fold for their land.. they get free schooling ( rarely use it ). Don't have to pay property taxes on reservations and the list goes on.

Well y'see the problem is, the land was not bought or sold in the first place, it was stolen.

...actually, a lot of it WAS bought or sold. Otherwise what you call "stolen" is the same conquest seen throughout the rest of the world and, indeed, among Native Americans themselves who fought for territory.
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LinkPizza posted...

Zeus posted...

1) He's DC

I don't think he said it had to be Marvel, did he?

Oh, my mistake. In that case, it really opens up the floor.

Deathstroke (works as a spinoff)
Dr. Fate (considering Doctor Strange did well...)
Batgirl (seems like something we should have had already; only possible drawback is DCEU)
John Stewart (instead of giving us Hal or Kyle >_>)
Vixen
Huntress
Static (Granted, Black Lightning may preempt him given that he's *another* black guy with electric powers)
Batman Beyond

Plus Deadshot was supposedly going to get a solo film at one point. And -- jumping back to Marvel -- not quite a solo movie, but I'd like to see either Jubilee Wolverine team-up film or a Jubilee X-23 team-up film.
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Mead posted...

Zeus posted...

has gone out of his way to stalk my old usernames

How many are there now?

I know about the mushroom one you tried to hide and Janway but what are the others?

Janway is Helly's alt, which you know damn well.
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I still want a Ghost Rider movie that doesn't suck. And, as far as unlikely films go, I'm hoping we do finally get that Namor movie.

And, of course, I'd love to see a Spidey 2099 film.

BigOlePappy posted...

She-Hulk (We can't even get a Hulk solo movie.)

I can kinda see her getting her own film, half because it could tie into the Hulk and also because she's a more popular character in general.

BigOlePappy posted...

Black Lightning

1) He's DC
2) He has his own show.
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Revelation34 posted...

Zeus posted...

And, unsurprisingly, the plan actually addressed all of the things that people were trying to claim it wouldn't address.

Doesn't sound like it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/trump-new-hampshire-opioid-plan.html

The plan the president described, which was based on recommendations by an opioid commission the president appointed last year, has the goal of reducing the supply of illicit drugs with better interdiction and tougher penalties, reducing opioid prescriptions and overall demand for opioids, and expanding access to treatment and recovery tools like the overdose-reversing drug naloxone.

The plan seeks to cut the number of opioid prescriptions filled by a third within three years, a restriction that will face opposition from critics who argue it could have unintended consequences for people with chronic and even acute pain, and that it instead could force some users to seek more dangerous drugs, like heroin and synthetic fentanyl.

The plan:
1) Reduces the amount of prescriptions
2) Offers treatments for addicts
3) Increases preventative education
4) Ups potential penalties for high-volume traffickers
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The other article mentions she was outside the crosswalk. Not that it necessarily absolves responsibility.

yutterh posted...

The person should be charged as if they were driving the vehicle. Just because the cruise control can take over, doesn't mean you can't still pay attention to your surroundings. The other self driving car hit someone that didn't yield at a stop sign I assume and the team's driver also wasn't paying attention. So two were pilot error and the other was someone who pulled put in front of a car and not paying attention to yield signs.

Are you kidding? It's Uber, there's going to be a massive cash settlement so the relatives won't push the matter.
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It's a damn shame, especially since this will set back progress by years. It's also worth remembering that in *every* incident so far, the error has been on the part of the other participant in the accident and it seems like that might be the case here as well.

Krazy_Kirby posted...

"but self driving cars are safe, guys"

said lots of idiots....

They are safe.... for the driver. (Or, at least, safer than a human.)
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BigOlePappy posted...

Juggernaut confirmed.

tbh, if John Rhys-Davies can play a dwarf, Dinklage can play a giant.
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Because it's not just one tribe with a shared heritage, but instead countless fractured tribes of mixed ancestry and disparate culture. Plus the land we could most easily give them wouldn't be great land, considering we'd likely cut off one of the huge unused swathes of Canada.
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The Babysitter (2017), which had a lot of hilarious dialogue but was boring when characters weren't talking. Plus the set-up was too damn long.

"Why isn't he wearing a shirt?"
"Really? That's your first question?"

Gamefreak9905 posted...

For me it was In The Mouth Of Madness.

I found it a really great film. I recommend it to anyone who like horror or John Carpender.
You?

It is a great film.
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Man, he's a shitty murderer.
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LinkPizza posted...

likehelly posted...

uncle ben is dead, though. it's already been established. there'd be no reason for an uncle ben flashback in infinity war, or for him to just randomly show up alive.

Well, that universe Uncle Ben is dead. He is alive in other universes, though. Like the universe where he was helping his Peter steal the powers of other Spider-Men. Or the one where he gets bitten and Peter dies. Those Universes...

Plus the Mind Gem could cause a hallucination or something.
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SteamedHams posted...

Thanks Trump

Should have voted for Ted Cruz, he would have abolished the IRS and replaced it with an IRS-like agency. =p
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Lokarin posted...

The police said he was pepper sprayed after he kicked the guards

Amazing restraint - that would have got anyone shot 72 times

Not on a college campus, especially since most campus guards don't even carry guns.
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Given all the bullshit he pulled, 2 years does seem like a slap on the wrist. However, if he served 2, hopefully he has a slew of conditions on his parole

goldbman posted...

Self driving cars can not come soon enough

Well, after Uber's recent accident, we might have quite a bit longer to wait.
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Eh, screw the blackjack.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

You have no idea what children like. You are not a child.

Then why does he get up on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons and obsess over cereal?!
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Obviously Peter Dinklage has been cast as somebody, but there's no confirmation as to who he'll be playing. Theories tend to favor one of Thanos's sons, though.

Bear posted...

why would uncle ben be in infinity war

Yeah, nothing about it makes sense.
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And, unsurprisingly, the plan actually addressed all of the things that people were trying to claim it wouldn't address.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Zeus posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

um excuse you but the greatest gif of all time doesn't involve the middle finger

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It's a Naruto game, so.... >_>
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Yes, glass > plastic >>>>> aluminum when it comes to soft drinks. Fountain is always a toss-up given that the consistency can vary.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Ultimate Deletion tonight. Will people be watching live, or catching it later on the Interwebs? Or not at all?

I already missed it (I think?) and, in general, I forgot it was going to be a thing. Thanks for the heads-up, will probably catch on Hulu. My expectations are pretty low because WWE doesn't give the kind of freedom that TNA did when it comes to those gimmicks.
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Uncomfortable kiss scene? The Babysitter, mostly because she plunged knives into the guy's head right afterward and that wasn't the most awkward part.
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In retrospect, the GBC was less its own system than it was the equivalent of the DSi or N3DS -- that is, to say, a half-generational SKU.

Lokarin posted...

It came out at an unfortunate time, but almost every game on it is a gem

No, it had a lot of crap but it didn't last long so you probably didn't notice.

WarGreymon77 posted...

Sorry, but in 1998 there is no valid excuse for it not having a backlight. And then, to think, even the first GBA didn't have one. I mean damn, Nintendo.

Uh, what? I'm not even sure what your reasoning is. At that point, the only major handheld with a backlight was the Game Gear and it was massively energy inefficient, among other problems. (Yes, you very briefly had *other* handhelds as well, but most of them had already left the market.)

Also I should note that even the *early* GBA-SPs (AGS-001) were frontlit instead of back. The backlit ones (AGS-101) are harder to find and tend to be far more expensive. Honestly, the frontlit ones work well enough.
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LinkPizza posted...

I loved Crystal Chronicles and wished I could play multiplayer...

Weirdly enough, I like this other Crystal Chronicles game for Wii. I think it was Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King. I think it was a spin-off of a spin-off. And seemed like it would be boring. But was surprisingly fun...

I liked Chronicles except for the gimmick where you have to hold that chalice or whatever for gimmick reasons.
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faramir77 posted...

Unless you mean Runescape 3 in which I agree, Old School is where it's at.

The mods said I can't use that middle finger gif any more and man am I missing it already >_<

green dragon posted...

faramir77 posted...

Old School was a reboot of the 2007 version of the game. Your old stuff won't be there unless you made an Old School account since it launched in 2013.

well, it was weird. her old username was taken, and she had to create a new one.

Then she logged in, had her old character and old stuff, but she was eventually kicked.

she tried to log in again but was prompted to create a new character and all her old stuff was gone.

she looked up her character in the rune scape encyclopedia thing, and her character is still there.

I have no clue what happened to you by the context, but it's worth noting that screen names were taken from inactive accounts although you'd still have access to the account itself and would need to pick a new name on log-in. Otherwise, if you create a new character, of course you won't have stuff.
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darcandkharg31 posted...

There was a user on here who thought she was hot.

idk, sounds like fake news.
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He shouldn't be charged. He was given bad information from dispatch where he was told that he was responding to an armed & dangerous assailant who had poured petrol in the house so, when the suspect ignored orders, he was given every reason to open fire.

There are 3 individuals directly responsible for this incident: the person who placed the swatting call, the person who commissioned the swatting call, and the guy who gave the address knowing that it would be swatted. Having heard the tape iirc, it's possible that dispatch may have been negligent but you have to investigate these tips all the same.

streamofthesky posted...

He should be in prison for at least 10 years, instead he's being protected by the police.
Then the cop defenders claim there's only a few "bad apples." No, every single officer supports this thin blue line bs, and thus are also bad apples.
If you or I helped cover up a murder, we'd go to jail.

...what?

streamofthesky posted...

Ogurisama posted...

No, i think the person who called in the swatting prank should be charged with manslaughter and imprisoned.

...while we're at it, why not also charge the dispatcher who put the cop in that situation? After all, shouldn't they have exercised more discretion by that logic?
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BigOlePappy posted...

I'm surprised about the mostly lukewarm attitude towards 8. I thought it would be polarizing.

It sucked, but not terribly. And it's hard to hate the game that gave us Triple Triad.
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This isn't even his final form. He's going to revert back to his old shape but be far stronger.
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"You let catch you? With who?"
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Best - Tactics
Worst - Spirits Within (yes, the movie)
Underrated - Explorers
Overrated - 7, followed by 6
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