Lurker > Ashethan

I think a lot of people miss the point of comedy.

If you're making a joke, saying "You're momma's so ugly" it's funny.
If you're just saying "You're momma's so ugly" you're an asshole.

It's like Ricky Gervais. His transgender joke about transitioning into a monkey. A lot of people found it offensive. Though to be fair, I think that's mostly because a lot of people will take it seriously and be like "Yeah, I totally agree!" and take it as a serious argument.

Now, jokes CAN go too far. Especially if you're bad at it. (See: Trump's attempt in 2016 at comedy). I don't think Michelle Wolf's jokes went very far. Especially when everyone's complaining about how PC we've become.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Deon Cain is probably the player I'm most surprised is still on the board.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Snowboard Kids 2 was better than both.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Jason White and Matt Leinart were also Heisman winners.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Troy Smith and Tim Tebow also won Heisman Trophy's.

Also I'd add Packers to my "Winners" List. Forgot they got a 1st rounder from New Orleans. (Who I think I'd add to my "losers" list honestly)
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

I was disappointed by Breath of the Wild. I mean the game was impressive, it just wasn't fun for me.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

KH3 will probably be delayed until next year. Especially now that I've finally beaten KH2. And birth by sleep. I blame my kids for getting me back into it. But I think it comes out in 2019 for sure.

FF7 remake on the other hand... probably will come out sooner than everyone thinks. At least.. episode 1 will. Episode 2 will come out 3 years later, and then the final episode 5 years after that.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Winners and losers of round 1;

Winners:
Broncos
Jets

Losers:
Browns (Like people called to Jury duty, they're required to be here)
Seahawks

Other teams could probably be tossed in either category. But I'm hesitant to just add them. Really drafts are best graded 3 years later.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

LeonhartFour posted...

you better believe Haslem has someone shadowing him at all times to make sure he's not getting draft advice from random people this year

Well Jenna Jameson already told him to pick Josh Allen. We'll see if pornstar beats Homeless guy in being GM for the Cleveland Browns if that happens.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Remember when the Browns selected Johnny Manziel because a homeless person told them?
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Congrats to whoever the Cleveland Browns draft. Your NFL career will be short lived, so make sure you don't spend all of your paycheck in one place
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/989479003718287362?s=21

President Donald Trump on Republicans and African-Americans: If you go back to the Civil War, "it was the Republicans that really did the thing."

You know, the thing

One thing I really don't get:

How Republicans in one hand can say "Democrats were the slave owners, and south!"

Then when Democrats are like "Hey, you know what? Let's take those confederate statues down."

They scream "OUR HERITAGE!"

It's like they don't realize that Democrat today isn't the same as Democrat 150 years ago. But then DO realize it, and celebrate those Democrats they demonize for simply being CALLED Democrats. The same people they revere any other time.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Republicans on Welfare: GET A JOB YOU FUCKING LOSERS!

Republicans on Corporate Welfare: They're the job creators! They deserve your hard earned money to give themselves bonuses and trips to Vegas.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Never been to a Chuck E. Cheese before.

Was it really that fun of an experience as a kid? Are my kids missing out cuz we don't take them to places like that? Or is it more of a novelty? Seems like a novelty to me.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Forceful_Dragon posted...

All the voting talk had me reading this as de-vote and had me wondering why people were trying to UN vote for things :/

Have you SEEN who they voted into the white house?
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Jakyl25 posted...

You dont have to be a Democrat to hate Republican policy ideas

No, but what other party am I really going to vote for?

Libertarians I disagree with as much as Republicans. And even if I didn't, they aren't going to win any elections.
Green Party I agree with on a lot of things, but Jill Stein is a whacko who stands no chance of winning anyway.

And if I want a say in who's running for office on the party (at least in my state) I have to be a registered member of the party.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

I'm only a Democrat because the only other viable party is full of people whom I disagree with on almost everything.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

charmander6000 posted...

I always found it weird that voter rights are pushed by the left. DMV closures in rural areas hurt the right, though I guess in Alabama's case those were Democratic counties.

It's almost like... Democrats want fair elections that don't disenfranchise anyone. Rather than trying to create policy that keeps them in power by any means necessary.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Obviously, she should have just had 13 or 14 abortions.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Corrik posted...

It is not "difficult" on any population.

Sure it is.

"Just take a few hours out of your day, during the hours of operation down at the local DMC--which tends to coincide with normal work hours for everyone else. Of course first you have to get all the necessary proofs of identification--including your birth certificate, which some people don't have. Oh yeah, and you're going to need a ride to the DMV, because you know... you don't have a driver's license because you don't drive."
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Corrik posted...

The reasoning for a lot of Trump's appointments was to put people who had negative views of the departments in charge of them to fix them to what they are supposed to be. Limiting overreach and excessive regulation.

The EPA's stated goal is to literally PROTECT the environment.

NOT to destroy it like Scott Pruitt wants to do. And that's not to mention all the favors he's been getting from lobbyists. Literally defending a swamp monster. That's not surprising though. Republicans LOVE Swamp Monsters. As long as they have an R next to their name.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Scott Pruitt being put in charge of the EPA is like putting a Nazi in charge of the Anti-Defamation League.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Mario, easily.

Let's see Mario Games I've played:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Cookie
Yoshi's Safari
Mario's Time Machine
Mario Is Missing
Dr. Mario
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Mario Golf
Mario Tennis
Mario Party
Mario Party 2
Mario Party 3
Mario Party 4
Mario Party 8
Super Mario RPG
Paper Mario
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Super Paper Mario
Dr. Mario 64
Yoshi's Story
Luigi's Mansion
Super Mario Sunshine
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mario Power Tennis
Mario Superstar Baseball
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario STrikers Charged
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Super Sluggers
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Kart 8
Super Mario Maker
Mario and Sonic at the Summer Olympics
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Land 2
Mario Golf: Advance Tour
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart 7
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

That's I think... 48 games? And that's not counting stuff like Donkey Kong or Super Smash Bros.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Burdick v. United States should tell you all you need to know about pardons and the 5th amendment.

George Burdick took the 5th amendment, and refused to testify and reveal his source. The President (Wilson) offered him a pardon to try to get him to testify. He refused the pardon, and it was ruled in the Burdick case that he didn't have to testify because he did not accept the pardon.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Wreck-It-Ralph?
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

"Middle of the spectrum" I suspect for Republicans means "A little to the left of George W. Bush"
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Any democrats that vote to confirm Pompeo should be primaried.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

G-A-L-U-F-Apostrophe-S-Space-G-R-A-N

Okay, I'm done here >_>
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Also I really doubt Voldemort knows what NASA is. Most Wizards don't know how telephones work. You really think they know NASA unless they're a muggle born? They're shocked we can fly without a hovering spell. Tell them we went to space, and their heads probably EXPLODE. Now Voldemort did grow up in an orphanage, but--that was before man even made it into space. (Gagarin didn't go into space until Voldy was 35

Besides, I think he really wanted that job as Defense Against the Dark Arts job. Imagine if Voldemort was DADA teacher. I think he'd have at least been better than Umbridge. Maybe Voldemort didn't REALLY want the job, but imagine Dumbledore just GAVE it to him anyway. He'd be far too busy teaching to become the DARK LORD. Yeah, he'd have access to young minds to shape and mold them for EVIL, but he'd also be under Dumbledore's ever watchful eye. Probably far less effective than being a wizard without a job, tapping into the minds of the evil wizards (which is pretty easy to do anyway, since MOST of them come from a Single House. Looking at you Hufflepuff.)

In fact imagine students thinking it's just NOT cool hanging out with their professor after class. Death Eaters totally not a thing, and Voldemort eventually gives up his dreams of world domination.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

In case he needed to retrieve them later.

He makes it a tiny pebble, and needs to retrieve it later for some reason, he'd be "Oh shit, which one was it again?"
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Republicans really pine for the good ol' days with back alley abortion clinics don't they?
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Maniac64 posted...

I had one of my coworkers tell me that the reason there are so many school shooters is because people dont spank their kids anymore. And how he would never have shot up a school because his dad would beat him for it.

I think this right here is why Spanking doesn't really work that well. "I wouldn't do this because my dad would have beat me for it!" Shouldn't you never shoot up a school because you know killing people is... wrong?

It teaches this idea that might makes right. If fear of punishment is the only thing making your kid behave, then I have to wonder what's going to happen when that fear is gone.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Conservatives: "Don't tell me how to parent!"

Also conservatives: "Let me tell you how to parent! You've gotta spank your kids ever once in a while."

If my mother or mother-in-law ever spanked any of my kids, they'd be out of my life for good.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

SantaRPidgey posted...

Is this even an issue? In america, most kids are growing up with technology even in the poorest conditions.

My 5 year olds know more about my cell phone than I do. And I'm not remotely tech illiterate.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Mr Lasastryke posted...

metroid composite posted...

How is it possible for anyone to hate him?

very religious, super Christian

As far as Christians go, Mr. Rogers wasn't the Mother Teresa "Convert them at all costs, help them die rather than help relive their suffering" type nor the Jerry Falwell "BURN THE GAYS!" type. He was a minister, but he didn't really represent most of the worst elements of Christianity.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Would I be mad? Definitely.

Would I beat up a kid? Never. What kind of message does that send? And who knows what the Bully's circumstances are. Maybe their parents are abusive, or maybe they've been bullied in the past themselves. None of this makes bullying right. But beating a kid sends the wrong message. And imagine if you beat up a kid who's bullying because their parents or their siblings are being abusive at home. Or a kid who was bullied themselves, and became a bully as a defense mechanism. You're just contributing to the bully problem.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

It took me WAY too long to understand Attack Cancelling. And even then it was only because I read about it online.

Not sure if the game doesn't explain things well, or I'm just stupid. (Or both! Cause it took me a little while to realize auto-attack was actually auto attack)
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Jakyl25 posted...

For the record, I tried really hard to workshop a Cambridge Analytica joke/pun, but couldnt come up with a good one

Could've probably worked Data Escort in there somewhere.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

"Video games are teaching us to devalue life!"

"Btw: Let's expand the death penalty to people who sell drugs.'
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Anyone see that book about Marlon Bundo from John Oliver? Might get it for my kids, especially since the proceeds to go a good cause. Not to mention it sounds like a good message, and it's a big fuck you to Mike Pence.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

xp1337 posted...

My understanding of the term was along the lines of, "subset of Sanders supporters whose defining characteristic was being anti-Clinton rather than pro-progressive policy as evidenced by seeming more interested in tearing down the Democrats than opposing Trump/Republicans after the primary"

but i'll admit i tend to stay away from social media so i have no idea what was going on out there

That's how I saw it too.

I remember some Bernie supporters coming out (not here I don't think, but other places) saying they would vote for Trump. Which to me never made any sense, and made me wonder if they ever really supported Bernie, or were just hoping he'd defeat Hillary (and then start attacking Sanders)

I think Bernie Sanders said it very well, when he said that people should start running for office. Local office, state office. And I think a lot of them are taking it to heart. Which is a good thing. Though I think if we added Hillary as President to that, we'd be much better off. For one thing Neil Gorsuch wouldn't be a Supreme Court Justice. And who knows who Trump will put on there next, making it next to impossible to overturn the one decision we all want to be overturned: Citizens United)
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Shawshank Redemption.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Dear Game: Please let me have some Spike Damage Aux Cores. Or really, just an accessory limiting Spike Damage. That'd be just great, thanks.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Why does it have to effect me in 2017? It can effect me in the future. Just like your stupid little tax cuts, cause you haven't gotten those yet. That didn't effect you in 2017, because you didn't get them this year.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Also I bet Corrik pirates stuff all the time. But THE LAW matters.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Corrik posted...

Literally just tell me one damn thing he has done to make your life itself worse last year. Just 1 thing. Anything!

I literally told you several things that impacted my family, and you decided to ignore it. So you know what, who cares if you get your little tax cut? That doesn't impact YOUR family. You made enough money not to go homeless this year, and you had food on the table, so I don't see an impact at all. </corrik logic>
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

Corrik points out the very big difference between Conservatives and Liberals.

Conservatives: HOW DOES THIS EFFECT ME?!
Liberals: How does this effect everyone?

Trump is actively working to roll back protections for LGBT+ folks, including my sister and her wife.
Trump is working to have GUNS put in Schools, where they absolutely shouldn't be. And of course he's cowering to the NRA after calling out Republican Politicians for doing the same thing
Trump and his EPA are destroying the environment. I kind of like breathing clean air.
He put a tariff on Solar Energy to protect stupid coal
Banned Transgender people from the military
Filled his cabinet with the worst people. Including a woman so unqualified to be secretary of education you could literally pick up a phone book, flip to a random page, and point to a random name, and you'd have a good chance at having a better qualified secretary of education. A secretary of education who's doing her best to make it harder for college kids (including my own kids) to afford a college education, and put them further in debt.
Pardoned Sheriff Joe, which condoned racial profiling. Which certainly effects my brother-in-law, who is black. And one of my nieces and nephews who are bi-racial.
Did his best to destroy the Affordable Care Act, making it harder for people who need health insurance to get it
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

My mother? No.

My father? Yeah, as long as I don't have to pay for it.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

She's 13. Which is about the age I was when I played it.
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."

I just call her Nadia.

As characters I'd say:

Crono > Magus > Frog > Marle > Robo > Ayla > Lucca

All are pretty good characters though. Gotta dig out my SNES this summer, and try to get my daughter to play it. Especially now that I've found my copy. Though maybe I'll just get her the DS version. Is the DS version worth it if you have a working SNES copy?
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Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."