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TopicWoman denied right to graduate as a teacher because she is tiny.
s0nicfan
07/03/18 2:42:56 PM
#2
UnfairRepresent posted...
The university has not responded to the criticism, arguing they are in the students' interest because teachers need to be tall enough to reach blackboards.


Oh China....
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TopicTrump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
s0nicfan
07/03/18 2:35:45 PM
#102
Samurontai posted...
Im not talking about racist college admission policies, Im talking about something ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. Full stop. For the third time now

My post has nothing to do with affirmative action and everything to do with what another poster said (which also wasnt about affirmative action in particular).


So then why did you bring it up? Explain to me how you think the prison system is relevant in a topic about college admissions guidelines. Because all your post does is imply that a biased admissions system is something less bad because other injustices exist.
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TopicTrump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
s0nicfan
07/03/18 2:31:22 PM
#91
Samurontai posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Samurontai posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Samurontai posted...
-looks at judicial system-

Yeah, white people have no advantages over minorities in this country. None at all.

/s


Whataboutism. You don't fix the judicial system with racist admissions policies.


Thats not whataboutism

You probably shouldnt use terms that you dont know the meaning of


You don't fix the judicial system with racist admissions policies.

Better? Because you're still wrong.


No because your reading comprehension is beyond horrible

Im not talking about racist admission policies Im talking about distinct advantages that white people have over minorities.. like I stated literally a few minutes ago


And the world isn't a giant scale where you intentionally bias one thing because of an injustice in another. There isn't some hidden RPG point pool behind every person that we should try to evenly distribute. The prison system and the judicial system needs reform. YOU DON'T FIX THAT BY CREATING RACIST COLLEGE ADMISSIONS POLICIES. Full stop.
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TopicAffirmative Action can end when America stops giving whites special privileges
s0nicfan
07/03/18 2:26:08 PM
#3
Coffeebeanz posted...
Unless you're Asian, in which case you literally get punished for your race.

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TopicTrump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
s0nicfan
07/03/18 2:23:47 PM
#78
Samurontai posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Samurontai posted...
-looks at judicial system-

Yeah, white people have no advantages over minorities in this country. None at all.

/s


Whataboutism. You don't fix the judicial system with racist admissions policies.


Thats not whataboutism

You probably shouldnt use terms that you dont know the meaning of


You don't fix the judicial system with racist admissions policies.

Better? Because you're still wrong.
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TopicTrump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
s0nicfan
07/03/18 2:15:47 PM
#57
Samurontai posted...
-looks at judicial system-

Yeah, white people have no advantages over minorities in this country. None at all.

/s


Whataboutism. You don't fix the judicial system with racist admissions policies.
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TopicTrump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:49:34 PM
#13
Samurontai posted...
Everyone please take not of the posters who are saying this is a good thing itt

Youll notice that they all have something in common


So explain why this is a bad thing.
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TopicTrump Administration to Rescind Obama Guidelines on Race in College Admissions
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:34:37 PM
#2
Schwarber posted...
The Trump administration is planning to rescind Tuesday a set of Obama-era policies that encourage the use of race in college admissions to promote diverse educational settings, according to two people familiar with the plans.


Why is getting rid of this bad?
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:33:05 PM
#27
Darkman124 posted...
Coordination with whoever cleans up the ashes. There was a warming period with Yeltsin.


Do you think of all the potential threats in the world right now, Russia is the one we should be focusing on to this degree? I ask because I have said, and will continue to say, that our focus should be on China right now and going so far as to crushing a nation as large as Russia will require enough resources as to make us unable to effectively act elsewhere, certainly not with full allied support.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:25:34 PM
#24
Darkman124 posted...
They also already fund terrorist states, and the threat of them 'further' doing so is more impetus for us to completely wreck their economy via embargo, such that they are left with nothing to give.


And history has shown that a nation with weapons and nothing left to give usually acts rationally, right? Our steel embargo on Japan was a significant factor in pearl harbor. Iran's (and other countries) nuclear ambitions have been frequently justified by pointing to US asserting pressure as a threat. What do you think happens when we put so much pressure on Russia that they have nothing left to give? Do they just roll over and change? Do we just collapse their country and deal with yet another effectively stateless region filled with starving people? What's the long-term plan beyond an initial wave of sanctions?
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:22:48 PM
#22
Darkman124 posted...
s0nicfan posted...
guarantees


Guarantees from nations that randomly invade their neighbors are less than worthless.

It's not about changing Putin.

It's about destroying his ability to take action.


Not when a violation of those guarantees are hard evidence for justified action. If you really want to be on Russia's ass that badly, give them rope and let them tie a noose and hang themselves. At least attempt to get something out of them before you waste political capital and resources pressuring them. Crimea could have been that 4 years ago, but that opportunity passed when we did nothing, and doing something now isn't going to change anything.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:20:41 PM
#20
Darkman124 posted...
The cold war was not a war. It was two nations attempting to exert pressure through international channels against one another.

We won. Now, only we can exert international pressure against Russia. They can't "fire back."


We came so close to a nuclear winter that calling the cold war "exerting pressure" is a bit disingenuous, don't you think?

Also, as for "firing back", Russia can cause all sorts of havoc in Syria, cozy up further with China to provide south china sea assets, start actively (or further) funding terrorist states... there's a LOT Russia can do to "fire back" without having to actually shoot us.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 1:18:36 PM
#18
BWLurker posted...
s0nicfan posted...
BWLurker posted...
s0nicfan posted...
TC, what should the US's relationship with Russia be? How would you prefer we treat them?

Bipartisan participation, for starters. Do you really not see anything wrong with a closed door meeting of just one party?


I do, but in general the people who seethe at any neutral or positive interaction with Russia generally can't vocalize what they actually want, because saying "I want another cold war with a nuclear power" looks bad on paper.

What do you propose then? Should we reward them for misbehaving? They deserve the cold shoulder from the world, tbh.


I think rather than destabilizing yet another region and drive a country to such financial hardship that they start to get desperate, we should accept that we can't get everything we want out of everyone and start to be realistic about where our best gains can be made. For example: isolating Russia over Crimia isn't going to change Russia. You're not going to pressure Putin into changing. Our window of opportunity to act on that is long over, and picking a fight over it is a waste of time. Instead, we should use it as leverage to get more favorable support in Syria and more joint communications so that we can get out of that area. A deal where we agree to leave Crimea in the past in exchange for guarantees about certain things in Syria would be mutually beneficial, avoid an escalation of tensions, and actually help our allies in a meaningful way. Our relationship with Russia should be one of cautious cooperation, not open hostilities, because there's no evidence that "getting tough on Russia" actually makes anything better, and in fact is likely to make things worse.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 12:21:40 PM
#15
shockthemonkey posted...
it is appropriate to resume the cold war with a nation that is starting hot wars with its neighbors.


This cant be overstated


I'm generally not a fan of the US getting involved in or starting yet another war, and especially not with a nation that can actually fire back. Pressure on Russia should be done through international channels, but I'm also a bit more compromising when it comes to Crimea if it means we can get bilateral support to get us out of Syria. To put it bluntly, ending our involvement in Syria through support with Russia with worth Crimea in my mind, because reality is you're not going to get both without a literal fight against Russia, and that has far, FAR more consequences.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 12:13:16 PM
#12
Well that's embarrassing, good boy. Talk about bad timing.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 12:12:31 PM
#10
BWLurker posted...
s0nicfan posted...
TC, what should the US's relationship with Russia be? How would you prefer we treat them?

Bipartisan participation, for starters. Do you really not see anything wrong with a closed door meeting of just one party?


I do, but in general the people who seethe at any neutral or positive interaction with Russia generally can't vocalize what they actually want, because saying "I want another cold war with a nuclear power" looks bad on paper.
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TopicGOP lawmakers in Russia for closed door meeting
s0nicfan
07/03/18 12:00:21 PM
#8
TC, what should the US's relationship with Russia be? How would you prefer we treat them?
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TopicWanna try Star Trek Discovery. My understanding is fans didn't care for it, but
s0nicfan
07/02/18 6:18:26 PM
#3
Star Trek fans haven't liked Star Trek in almost 20 years. Just watch the show and enjoy it.
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TopicI heard it's hot on the east coast
s0nicfan
07/02/18 6:14:01 PM
#2
Its not the heat. It's the humidity.
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TopicEric Trump rushes into NYC traffic to help save woman.
s0nicfan
07/02/18 6:07:37 PM
#5
EnragedSlith posted...
I really hope this is just kept as a feel good story about Good Samaritan work and isnt spun by the media


*laughs uncontrollably*
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TopicHow good is Unity engine for making 2D games?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 5:49:45 PM
#9
Unity is exceptionally generous with their free version. I think they make all their money on licensing for commercial products and sales of assets like skins, models, etc. IIRC the free version of Unity is the complete one, with no restrictions unless you want to sell what you make.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 5:00:04 PM
#62
nicklebro posted...
s0nicfan posted...
emblem boy posted...
I don't know. I feel like most of these people don't say crazy stuff. They are just bad at making clear what they are trying to say or they'll mix in some crazy shit every now and then.


Peterson's biggest problem IMO is he's an opportunist. He's sacrificed some of his academic integrity in taking as many interviews as he does, and is making bank doing so. His popularity combined with his polarity means half his interviewers are trying to "get him" and the other half just want to shoot the shit, and nobody wants to ask him the same 5 questions directly relating to his career. You've got the Vice interview where they explicitly cut and edited footage to make answers to one question sound like answers to another, and the infamous Cathy Newman interview, and on the other side you've got his interviews with Rogan or Sam Harris where they just kind of let him talk about whatever comes up. The result is he's put on the spot a lot and needs to more often say he should read into a topic more (which he's done, for example with Islam). Give anyone enough time with a mic and eventually they'll say something objectively wrong. The trick is to address each argument relevant to the topic rather than hand-wave away every argument because of one or two bad ones.

Idk how Peterson is an opportunist. And you haven't listened to him and Sam Harris if you think he just let's him talk, they've had some pretty indepth debates, and idk what you expect Rogan to do.


What I meant by "let him talk" is simply that it's more of a discussion than an interview. Poor choice of wording, I suppose. I also wasn't criticizing Rogan or Harris... simply stating that the type of appearances vary wildly.
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TopicWho is Batman's Doomsday?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 4:55:56 PM
#25
Veggeta X posted...
Anarchy_Juiblex posted...
Bane.

Naw Bane is just an average villain to Batman. No different from Riddler or Mr Freeze.


Doomsday has been dragged out just to have Superman stomp him so many times since the "Death of" storyline that Bane is actually a pretty perfect comparison.
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TopicEU takes a first steps to censor the internet
s0nicfan
07/02/18 4:44:25 PM
#56
The EU and their weird crusade against tech companies has been going on for close to a decade now. This is just the latest assault.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 4:27:35 PM
#59
emblem boy posted...
I don't know. I feel like most of these people don't say crazy stuff. They are just bad at making clear what they are trying to say or they'll mix in some crazy shit every now and then.


Peterson's biggest problem IMO is he's an opportunist. He's sacrificed some of his academic integrity in taking as many interviews as he does, and is making bank doing so. His popularity combined with his polarity means half his interviewers are trying to "get him" and the other half just want to shoot the shit, and nobody wants to ask him the same 5 questions directly relating to his career. You've got the Vice interview where they explicitly cut and edited footage to make answers to one question sound like answers to another, and the infamous Cathy Newman interview, and on the other side you've got his interviews with Rogan or Sam Harris where they just kind of let him talk about whatever comes up. The result is he's put on the spot a lot and needs to more often say he should read into a topic more (which he's done, for example with Islam). Give anyone enough time with a mic and eventually they'll say something objectively wrong. The trick is to address each argument relevant to the topic rather than hand-wave away every argument because of one or two bad ones.
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TopicHow good is Unity engine for making 2D games?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 4:18:00 PM
#4
DK9292 posted...
TarElessar posted...
It's decent in my opinion, it's very easy to get started on developing platformers, etc + the interface is nice and easy to use.

Even if you've never made a game and are a complete noob at programming?


If you've never touched programming, go for one of those "____ builder" titles, like RPG maker or SHMUP creator, that handles some of the fundamentals of a game genre. Remember that making a game, even a 2d game, is a career and effectively a degree, so you're not going to be able to just bullshit your way through the way a non-painter can produce classical art without a lot of time and energy without significant tool support.

EDIT: If you're really set on using Unity, I'd recommend looking for an open-source Unity project that's in the same genre as what you're thinking and try tinkering with it first. It'll help you understand the tool and how changes ripple through the system.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 4:08:13 PM
#55
emblem boy posted...
s0nicfan posted...

My interpretation of his definition of identity politics (so we're dealing with a degree of separation here), is the process of taking superficial traits about an individual (skin, gender, age, etc), assigning them to one or more groups based on those traits, and telling them that they are either advantaged or disadvantaged based on that group identity, rather than looking at the actual state of the individual and determining it that way.


And I agree, the individual is important, but I'm not totally seeing what's wrong with what you said. If there's a law or enforcement or whatever that specifically impacts a group of people with a skin color, it's not weird that people of that skin color would group together against it.

The only definition of identity politics I agree is bad, is the whole "if you don't look like x, or haven't experienced y, you shouldn't voice your opinion about the subject"


I agree. The issue is when you go the other way. In your bolded sentence above, you point out that if a law or enforcement specifically impacts a group, it's not weird for that group to go against it. However, you assume the law or enforcement is explicitly negative. Rallying against identity politics means that NO law should treat different groups differently, either negative or positive. All citizens are treated equally in the law.
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TopicWhat happened to America is a "melting pot"
s0nicfan
07/02/18 4:04:32 PM
#13
legendary_zell posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Serious answer: We stopped rallying around the country as an ideal. The melting pot works when different cultures rally around a common set of ideals. The melting pot falls apart when different fundamentally disagree on the founding tenets of the country and actively try to overwrite those tenets with their own cultures'. Basically, you need at least some minimal level of nationalism and/or patriotism to hold it all together.


What group of people tried to overwrite American culture with the culture of their own country? This post is from an alternate reality, it certainly doesn't describe anything in America.


Christian Conservatives? I said CULTURE. Not COUNTRY. Big difference.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 3:57:22 PM
#53
Doom_Art posted...
s0nicfan posted...
My interpretation of his definition of identity politics

There's something pretty wrong with saying this


I was asked a question about his use of identity politics. I qualified my answer because I'm not Peterson so it would be wrong for me to answer on his behalf. How the fuck would you want someone to answer?
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TopicWhat happened to America is a "melting pot"
s0nicfan
07/02/18 3:52:11 PM
#7
Serious answer: We stopped rallying around the country as an ideal. The melting pot works when different cultures rally around a common set of ideals. The melting pot falls apart when different fundamentally disagree on the founding tenets of the country and actively try to overwrite those tenets with their own cultures'. Basically, you need at least some minimal level of nationalism and/or patriotism to hold it all together.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 3:47:42 PM
#51
emblem boy posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Peterson's arguments get mis-represented a lot which is part of the problem. You can find a million articles gleefully telling you that Peterson supports "enforced monogamy" without any of them actually mentioning that he was talking about government incentives for families with kids, because they want you to think he's evil. You can find a million more highlighting that Peterson "won't use preferred pronouns" even though he's explicitly said if a student in his class asked him to use a particular pronoun he would (and has), and has challenged people saying that to find a single example in all of his recorded lectures (available online) where he actually does it.

At his very core, Peterson simply does not support identity politics. He doesn't believe they're effective because there's an endless number of ways you can subdivide people to determine who is and isn't "advantaged". The end result is policy that goes directly against what has actually worked for the vast majority of human history, which is that you should treat people as individuals and not members of a group and then make judgments and policy decisions on the basis of that group.


The enforced monogamy one is weird since society already heavily favors monogamous relationships, both socially and through government policies. So it just seemed like, "ok".

s0nicfan posted...

At his very core, Peterson simply does not support identity politics. He doesn't believe they're effective because there's an endless number of ways you can subdivide people to determine who is and isn't "advantaged". The end result is policy that goes directly against what has actually worked for the vast majority of human history, which is that you should treat people as individuals and not members of a group and then make judgments and policy decisions on the basis of that group.


How do you define identity politics? After listening to people like Sam Harris and Peterson, I feel like their definitely of identity politics is different than mine.


My interpretation of his definition of identity politics (so we're dealing with a degree of separation here), is the process of taking superficial traits about an individual (skin, gender, age, etc), assigning them to one or more groups based on those traits, and telling them that they are either advantaged or disadvantaged based on that group identity, rather than looking at the actual state of the individual and determining it that way.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 3:25:28 PM
#46
Doom_Art posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Peterson's arguments get mis-represented a lot

*takes a shot*


I provided specific examples, which I know you will never address, but maybe today you'll surprise me and actually point out where the specific examples I brought up are wrong.
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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 3:15:20 PM
#42
Peterson's arguments get mis-represented a lot which is part of the problem. You can find a million articles gleefully telling you that Peterson supports "enforced monogamy" without any of them actually mentioning that he was talking about government incentives for families with kids, because they want you to think he's evil. You can find a million more highlighting that Peterson "won't use preferred pronouns" even though he's explicitly said if a student in his class asked him to use a particular pronoun he would (and has), and has challenged people saying that to find a single example in all of his recorded lectures (available online) where he actually does it.

At his very core, Peterson simply does not support identity politics. He doesn't believe they're effective because there's an endless number of ways you can subdivide people to determine who is and isn't "advantaged". The end result is policy that goes directly against what has actually worked for the vast majority of human history, which is that you should treat people as individuals and not members of a group and then make judgments and policy decisions on the basis of that group.
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TopicThere's no good reason we shouldn't eat dogs
s0nicfan
07/02/18 3:08:34 PM
#15
DeadSite posted...
Darkman124 posted...
DeadSite posted...
which nowadays isn't even relevant anymore


why do you say that

What does a dog help you with nowadays that a pig can't?

Pigs can be emotional support animal just as much as a dog can


Not really, no. Studies have shown that not only are dogs uniquely good at reading human expression, and are unusually expressive themselves, but they've actually evolved to tap into the same joint oxytocin response that people get with actual human babies, which is a first as far as science has discovered.

EDIT:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6232/333.full
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TopicJust got done burning 1776 American flags
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:55:20 PM
#10
HypnoCoosh posted...
Is it me or are the trolls getting lazier and lazier?

Maybe it's the heat.


Record lows for record highs?
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TopicGreatest city in the world?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:53:16 PM
#19
voldothegr8 posted...
Vegas way too low, it's the best American city imo. Otherwise I can't disagree too much. I want to see Dubai someday though.


Vegas is a mile-long strip. You go 2 blocks off the strip and you're in slums. Go 2 more blocks and you're in an endless desert. It's impossibly hot most of the time, and the vast majority of the city limits are basically slums.
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TopicMan threaten to shoot up anime convention because of fans. Police notified.
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:50:37 PM
#5
Vicious_Dios posted...
Anime was a mistake.

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TopicWhy does CE hate Jordan Peterson again?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:46:34 PM
#20
He's on a crusade against identity politics. That's basically all it boils down to.
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TopicHow do you feel about the newcomer/veteran trade-off in Smash Ultimate?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:44:10 PM
#12
Calwings posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Sakurai confirmed that clones are getting re-works to make them more unique, so I'm fine with it.

Really, where was this said? I really hope that's true, because that was my only gripe about this whole thing. Before the reveal, I figured that both of my mains from Smash 4 (Corrin and Charizard) stood little to no chance of returning for 5, so hearing "everyone's here!" was a huge deal for me. Thinking about the clones and semi-clones made me concerned, but if Sakurai and the team are going to try and rectify that by reworking them, then I'm totally on board.


We've already seen some things, like adult Link now has remote bombs instead of regular bombs, so we know that characters are being modified. I can't find the interview (it must have been youtube) where he talks about it, but he mentioned that a priority among returning clones is finding ways beyond changes to damage/speed to make them stand out more.
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TopicJust deeded to Jordan Peterson
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:33:23 PM
#3
Genocet_10-325 posted...
Why is half this board obsessed with Jordan Peterson

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TopicMark Kern creating a stir on twitter today. Walked away from Dem party.
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:20:03 PM
#6
Bio1590 posted...
Why is he acting like the Dems haven't had the popular vote in 6 of of the last 7 elections and are 3 for the last 3.


Maybe because Republicans control or are about to control all branches of government and aren't that far shy of a supermajority when dems had a supermajority only 10 years ago? That's a pretty big swing.
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TopicHow do you feel about the newcomer/veteran trade-off in Smash Ultimate?
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:15:39 PM
#10
Some returning characters like Ice Climbers haven't been playable in 15+ years, and Sakurai confirmed that clones are getting re-works to make them more unique, so I'm fine with it. Getting Snake back alone is worth the price of admission, and the idea that we could have a Snake vs Cloud vs Bayonetta vs Mega Man vs Sonic vs Pac-Man vs Ryu vs Pikachu is, honestly, insane. Nobody could have predicted something like this a decade ago.
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TopicOh God, Joe Rogan podcast is live now with Jordan Petetson
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:12:25 PM
#6
pres_madagascar posted...
Genocet_10-325 posted...
Why is half this board obsessed with Jordan Peterson

I'm not. That's why I said oh God, like "oh boy here we go".


I doubt anyone would even make a topic about it if you hadn't.
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TopicJust got done burning 1776 American flags
s0nicfan
07/02/18 2:10:44 PM
#2
What a patriot
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TopicDo you consider Magnetos motives to be some Jewish revenge power fantasy?
s0nicfan
06/27/18 12:06:39 AM
#9
Patty_Fleur posted...
He's Malcolm X.

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TopicApparently, it's a very scary experience to attend a Trump rally
s0nicfan
06/21/18 12:40:25 PM
#9
FrisbeeDude posted...
The applause shall continue for an hour. The first to stop will be executed.


And there were hidden missiles everywhere. It was awful.
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TopicWhy don't they just age the Simpsons?
s0nicfan
06/21/18 12:35:37 PM
#25
DyingPancake posted...
I always thought it would be interesting to have a cartoon where the characters do age one year each season

King of the Hill is probably the closest we will get to something like that


There's shows like Archer or "F is for Family" that have ongoing continuity, including birthdays, but it's not over the span of time you're probably thinking of.
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Topiceating a pig is as bad as eating a dog
s0nicfan
06/21/18 11:23:16 AM
#15
Pigs have been bred for thousands of years for the sole purpose of being consumed. Dogs have been bred for over ten thousand years to be companions and as support for tasks like herding, retrieving, tracking, and killing. They're not equivalent. It's like comparing firewood to a shovel.
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TopicWhat percentage of US GDP should be dedicated to entitlement programs?
s0nicfan
06/21/18 11:20:29 AM
#32
Anarchy_Juiblex posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
So... Anarchy_Juiblex is advocating 14-15%?
did I screw up the math somewhere?


I'm not sure that a UBI would be the only necessary social program, but I also believe that it would have a massively positive impact on the economy and grow GDP.


I don't know that it would need to be the only social program, but I imagine it would replace at least a couple. The complicating factor is whether you provide a safety net for people who spend their UBI on stuff and then can't afford food or whether you say "tough luck".
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