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Letitia Wright, the actress who plays Shuri, is 24 and sexy in a bright smile, girl-next-door kind of way. Yeah, she plays a younger character, but Shuri is never presented as a kid (honestly, I thought she was supposed to be just a bit younger than TChalla), plus Sebastian Stan is probably just trying to be funny.
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That sounds awful. Sorry about your Mom and I hope she recovers soon.
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C_Pain posted...

Well he is a comedian in LA, it's to be expected.

Is he really? Im surprised he doesnt try to add some comedy into his Adam ruins everything, to either lighten the mood or at least be more entertaining. Standup comics always seem to try to do that, unless theyre placed into specific roles where they are the straight guy.
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Asherlee10 posted...

The reasoning is quite obvious. Sexuality is not a choice that someone makes. They can't just stop being straight, gay, or bisexual. Political affiliation is a decision someone makes.

I was pretty sure you were going to tackle it from the choice angle. It is a good distinction, but we do make allowances for choice through protection of religion and protection of veteran status. You cant (legally) discriminate against someone who is an atheist one day and then a born-again Christian the next. Likewise, itd be a bad idea for an employer to try to discriminate against a soldier who is seeking employment. Basically, not protecting a specific group because they made a choice to be in that group doesnt logically follow, since its clear that we do in fact protect groups that exist because of their choices.
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Hinakuluiau posted...

This is misleading. Yes, it's true he doesn't have a limit and theoretically could have infinite levels of strength, in practicality he is basically at the same level of strength with a quick boost when he gets angry. Outside of specific one-shots that showcase out-of-normal levels of power, something every comic book character gets, Hulk gets beaten down by Thor and Thanos every day of the week.
The only one to raise an eyebrow is the Hulkbuster, but that's AoU for you.

Hulk does have a base strength level that is comparable to other heroes, but his strength has usually been shown to magnify so that he could beat pretty much anyone that is not a cosmic being of some sort. (Im including top tier gods like Zeus and Odin as cosmic beings.) Abomination was probably the most popular mortal villain shown to outmuscle Hulk, but even he would lose when Hulk would, well, Hulk out. And Thor would lose too, but this was before all the Thor with Odin power plot lines. I cant really remember any non-cosmic beings that Hulk would flat out lose to, except for maybe Red Hulk (one Hulk beating another Hulk), Juggernaut (basically a mystic powered Hulk) and a couple others that Hulk would eventually defeat.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

i thought hulk's powers increase over time and anger

Hulk does not really have a strength limit, at least not one thats been canonically defined AFAIK. And, yes, he is weak as shit in the movies, when compared to the comics version.
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Asherlee10 posted...

Political affiliation is not a protected class and nor should it be. Sexuality is and it should be.

Maybe. But if youre going to present your opinion as fact, it would help if you have a good reason.
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The education angle is worth looking into. I thought these articles were interesting, but theres a lot more out there.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/update-kindergarten-teacher-denies-legos-to-boys-in-name-of-gender-equity

http://ideas.time.com/2013/02/06/do-teachers-really-discriminate-against-boys/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/05/the-war-against-boys/304659/
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008Zulu posted...

Slavery was 200 years ago, and the perpetrators were never really punished for it. That kinda thing builds resentment. But since it's too late to punish them, there is going to be resentment for quite some time.

Ehh, not sure that is accurate from a real world standpoint. The South lost nearly half a million combatants, who succumbed to death, wounding, capture or were missing. There was pillaging and burning of property and other horrors also. Of course everyone who was ever involved in the slave trade, whether as slave or slaver, is now dead. Good or bad, we all get death in the end as our "punishment" for being human.
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This needs to be on the front page at all times.
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KingCrabCake posted...

DoubleDare posted...

This shouldn't even be news.
Who cares, the school should've just suspended him, thats it or whatever, no reason this story should've reached anywhere outside of loopy florida.

But it did

On a scale of 1/10 (10 being Reeeeee!), how butthurt are you over that stupid kids message? Be honest now.
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I am not very sympathetic to thieves, rapists and murderers. That does not mean I would ever support police death squads or something similar. If law enforcement breaks the law, then they too become criminals. It does not matter if the criminal happens to look like me either. I'm not marching on your behalf just because we share the same skin color. You break the rules, you deal with the consequences.
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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

The real question is why the fuck do people think CAPITALISM works?

Aside from the obvious, "we've been told capitalism is the best since we were children to the point where we instinctually defend it despite being the victims of the guys with the CAPITAL"?

Not sure if youre serious. Quality of life in capitalist countries goes up for its citizens. There are gaps between the top and bottom earners and there are people who slip through the cracks into homelessness, but taken as a whole its the capitalist countries that lead the world in a variety of ways.
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The Bible is worth reading, if you want some insight into what followers of the Abrahamic religions believe. There are more than a billion Christians and even though they don't all believe the exact same things, the Bible still provides a framework for them.

If nothing else, reading the Bible has made it easier for me to dispute their claims when they aren't aware of the various contradictions and fallacies that exist.
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I don't doubt that she is a doctor. Why not? I bet we have enough members that a lot of jobs and industries are represented by at least one person.

I was more surprised when she identified herself as Christian and bisexual. I am not against either of those labels. I had just never heard of a Christian denomination that is open to the latter.
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bobbysjoby posted...

Lmao yes thats recipe for disaster and injury and not wrestling her onto the filthy Waffle House floor while being recorded, lmfao

Wrestling a person to the ground is a superior method for ensuring your safety and maintaining control over the combative person. Jiu jitsu, for example, isn't done when you're standing because your opponent has too many options when they're still on their feet. The most dangerous is that they can use their legs and footing to generate a lot of force for kicks and even punches. They can also trip you, get under you for leverage or attempt to run away. Even someone who has no fight training can do it. On the ground, all of that is mostly negated.
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nuclearratchet posted...

Its not bait. im just tired of Science thinking they can explain everything. Oh conciousness is just neurons firing, theres no afterlife etc

You want us to go back to living in caves and at the top of trees? Is that it?
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bknight posted...

The right: pro life

Also the right: pro death penalty

The right: pro life for unborn babies.

Also the right: pro death penalty for violent criminals.

(That's a more accurate gist of their stance, at least as they see it.)
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I dont know how anyone can hate on Birdman. Yeah, it utilizes a gimmick throughout the movie, but that gimmick was executed really well. Also, the acting was great and I like how it pokes fun at self-absorbed actors, while still making them seem like people youd want to know anyway.
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IloveJesus posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

Also the left: Vaccinations for children should be mandatory and forcibly administered by government.

Disagreeing with that isn't a political stance, just idiocy.

Dont stick needles into other peoples kids or force them to ingest something they do not consent to. Youre allowed to do it to yourself again and again, if you want though.
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Fight me.

But first, lets talk about those racist frat guys.
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Keep it short with a story about what a great guy the groom is and then something about how and why the couple are lucky to be together. I swear some speakers love to hear the sound of their own voice or are so socially awkward that they stumble through their rambling speech. Dont be that guy. And above all, dont bring up crazy ex-girlfriends, strippers or escorts. Nobody, especially the bride or her family, wants to hear that shit. (Yes, I have been to a few weddings where the best man thought it would be hilarious to talk about prostitutes. It was not funny.)
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Know your enemy and use their tactics against them. Abraham Genghis Lenin
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

ZCheveyo posted...

When I was younger, about fifth grade, there was a kid that lived down the road from us whose family was....is there a nice was to say 'trashy'? They didn't take care of their house or their yard and the parents were both drunks and druggies.

Anyway, they had a son that went to school with me, and he smelled awful. I remember that at the end of fifth grade year my mom started offering to babysit him after school so his mom could do whatever she was doing. She didn't care where her son was so she didn't stop my mom. She invited him to stay for dinner and before it was time to eat she told me to take a shower. I was confused but I did it. Then she gave him some of my clothes and told him that it was his turn, 'we always wash up before dinner'. That was a lie, we had never done that....it took me years to realize that she was just trying to help him out without making him feel like an outsider. He started eating with us a few times a week and took a lot of my old clothes off our hands.

Turns out a lot of the families around there had called CPS and they never did anything for that kid, so the parents were taking turns making sure he was eating and had a place to sleep whenever he could stay over.

This post ended up being longer than I thought it would, but the question just brought all of that back.

Be careful with this story. CE hates when poor kids get hand outs

No. CE hates when some people use the government to force others into giving away their money. We like charity. We just like it to be voluntary. Theres no need to be dishonest about it. See what ZCheveyos mom did? She helped another kid, whom she did not have to help. She did it anyway and that was a good and kind action.
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I only saw the first season. It was funny and I liked the cast, but I think I just got sidetracked by some games. Whats going on in that show now and is it a controversy or something?
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_Rinku_ posted...

Abortion is about the right of one person's autonomy. No third party is going to die because someone gets an abortion.

An unvaccinated child can be a vector that inadvertently kills actual, living people.

That is irrelevant. You are legally entitled to the privacy of your body and should not be forced to undergo an invasion of that privacy, which in this case would be literal. Consent is a thing and it's protected by the Constitution.
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I really, really want to say Yes, but then theres that whole abortion argument that is based on body autonomy.
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Mal_Fet posted...

How does this topic still exist

Because its an awesome.

I believe a bunch of us are hoping this is all true because TC is pathetic and there is something entirely amusing about what his girlfriend is doing. The rest are hoping its not true at all because TC is (still) pathetic for making it up in the first place just to troll, but at least he wouldnt be getting cucked in real life.
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glitteringfairy posted...

Wait wait wait. She was 26 and a virgin and was at least average looking? This is the only part of this story I found shocking. At 26 she would have been blasted by LIMITLESS Chad dick by then.

Lmao, if you think that woman was actually a virgin. Thats just what she was calling herself. Ive met too many women who have their own special definition of virginity by saying the sex doesnt count if it was in their ass or with one-night stands before they found Jesus.
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ChainedRedone posted...

Yeah dude fuck the legal system. Let's just summarily execute people because muh feelings.

It works for The Punisher. I mean hes one of the good guys.
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Those two men should not have been singled out. Arresting them was also going too far. That said, I always buy at least something, if I plan to meet others in a store or restaurant for a bit. I dont believe in loitering or treating a business establishment like its your own living room. Yall some cheap ass motherfuckers, if you cant buy a cookie at Starbucks.
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Lol, I mow the lawn around 7 a.m. because the Sun is still very low. Its not as hot then and I can get the chores done early, then fuck around.
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_OujiDoza_ posted...

au_gold posted...

Even though he was an untalented hack who deserved none of the fame he got, that sucks.

"That guy" always exists for topics like this...

Lol, yeah, always at least one.
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EverDownward posted...

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Cancer fuckin sucks. Im sure all of us have a friend, family member or maybe even ourselves who has been affected by it. Damn.

I say the same thing these days. Everybody knows somebody.

Hey, man, how are you? I remember you opened up a little about your own situation (sorry about that), and Im hoping you are OK now.
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mD_atheist posted...

Ugh, that list is so disappointing

What?! No way, those films are all great.

If I had to pick just one for favorite, I guess Id go with The Shape of Water. Its so polished and a great twist of the old romance movies. Oh yea, its also vibrant... the colors, the designs, the characters, the suspense. It felt like watching a dream.
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Traveling helped me a lot. It gave me a better sense of the distances involved between continents and what the cultures there are like. Of course I still have not been to most places, so I read the news and then look up the places I dont know much about.
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Cancer fuckin sucks. Im sure all of us have a friend, family member or maybe even ourselves who has been affected by it. Damn.
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Ehh, shame on any professor who singles out a student, conservative or liberal, for specific harassment. Engaging the students is an important part of teaching, but venturing into personal attacks is unprofessional and petty.
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I think youre forgetting that the currency exchange rate is not good. There is a reason (one of the reasons anyway) why lots of Westerners head to places like South America and the Philippines when they retire.
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I dont think Superman would follow the rules of the Lantern Corps or even recognize their authority over him. At most, Superman has been used by several writers to advance stories that saw him serving under the US President, which generally worked by exploiting his ties to his American upbringing.
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

Because the Republican governor refused to acknowledge it was a problem and refused to give them the funding.

The governor of Flint handles their funding issues? Something about that doesn't seem right.
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8-bit_Biceps posted...

I have some good genes. I'm really proud about that.

I don't understand what there is to be proud of, considering that tall people do not actively do anything to become tall. It's primarily a hereditary thing, unless you've got a glandular problem. To be fair, I did read about a guy who did prolonged and painful surgery to lengthen his legs. Was that you?
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I have not watched all of his lecture or interview videos (there are so many), but what I noticed so far is that his analysis and advice basically focus on the following:

1. Take personal responsibility for your actions, especially in how honest you are about yourself.

2. Stop wasting time and instead concentrate on improving yourself, even if it's just through small actions every day.

3. Less government regulation is a good thing, and you should avoid letting others manipulate or control you anyway, whether it's through social media, personal relationships or whatever.

All three points are bound to negatively trigger lots of people. This would include, but is not limited to, people who advocate that personal responsibility is obsolete because it's supported by people with "privilege," others who find self improvement condescending and not sensitive to group identity needs, and of course the many who absolutely love, love, love more government intervention and Nanny State policies.
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Howl posted...

This is just straight up bullshit. I have never heard anyone ever say that at any job I've ever had in my life. In fact every job I've had where someone trained me, they've actually said the opposite. "Take your time and learn everything the right way, these things take time for everyone to learn but learn it right." Is something I've heard at every job I've ever worked at.

I'll add that almost every place I've worked expected their employees to keep asking job-relevant questions and not assume or fear what the response might be, mainly because the company wanted your performance to be right. Doing things wrong can be very costly and sometimes unsafe. There was one place where the leadership and other employees hated questions and it was easily the most toxic job site I've ever been a part of. Anyway, I think some posters here are assuming the woman explained dozens of times specifically to the guy wanting to ask and that the woman is not in a leadership role as well. (The original info did not specify.)
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chill02 posted...

Pitbuller_26 posted...

Crime is majority intraracial. Usually whites target whites, blacks target blacks, Latinos target Latinos, etc.

Yeah, partly because most murders involve people who already know each other

Yes, partly, because it does not explain the uneven distribution of white on black crime, in comparison to black on white crime. (Asian crimes against other groups wouldn't even be worth considering.) To be fair, this crime topic is deflecting away from TC's original question.

One thing to consider is that different people have a different opinion of what fair means. For example, a lot of people aren't so concerned with equality of opportunity and would prefer equality of outcome, in which everyone can suffer equally with each other. This is why the Oppression Olympics is a popular game to play.
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Punctus_Pilot posted...

Japan's crimerates are literally lies though.

Police don't report something if it's cut and dry.
Police don't report something if it's too difficult to figure out.

As a result, the majority of crime is unreported.

The majority of crime? Is there a source for that? Id actually be very interested in reading it. Japan was and still is the safest place Ive ever visited, though that is anecdotal.
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Alex Jones looks and acts unhinged. Sean Hannity does not. That doesn't mean Hannity is not wrong about things, but it seems obvious that he has broader appeal.
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No, I am not.

However, if some men are not interested in committed relationships (or even any relationship at all) with women, then thats their prerogative. I dont care what they do, so long as theyre not hurting anyone else.
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Enforcing the rules for some people and not others is the literal definition of discrimination.

Whether you want to argue it was racially motivated is one thing, but it IS discrimination. That is fact.

Hmm, yes, I agree with that.
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Ehh, this author spent the majority of the review shitting on Ready Player Ones 80s and 90s pop references and then offers up his own ideas below, which are absolutely terrible:

Amazing ideas I wouldve suggested if I was a script doctor:

This goes without saying, but the Atari 2600 game played for the final challenge should be the infamous E.T. game. They just keep falling into a hole and wondering what the fuck is this game supposed to be.
One characters avatar should be Mojo Nixon as Toad in SUPER MARIO BROS.: THE MOVIE.
They should also have to learn everything about 50s and 60s pop culture because Halliday grew up watching Happy Days, STAND BY ME and The Wonder Years.
One of Wades friends should play as Roger Rabbit, but when he meets her in real life shes actually a very old Baby Herman, so we learn not only that people are different IRL but that this movie takes place in the universe of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT where cartoon characters are living creatures known as toons.
What about Golden Girls?

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