Lurker > CyricZ

Uh, of the "attempted suicide" variety or of the "killing the daughter's rabbit" variety?
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CyricZ

I bought my first Christmas tree this past weekend. Just a four-footer, gonna go on a table.
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CyricZ

Now that's selling people short.

Sometimes they say "hey there :)"
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CyricZ

If this is real, it means that TC helped this woman solely for sex.

Fortunately, I don't believe a word of it.
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CyricZ

Yes, yes. *tosses you a cookie*
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CyricZ

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

Makeveli_lives posted...

Educate yourself. Black people were targeted when organizations like the panthers started organizing and arming themselves.

Okay. Then why, by your logic, haven't white people been targeted when organizations like the KKK started organizing and arming themselves?

I think the answer to that is "Exactly".
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CyricZ

brestugo posted...

The NRA supported gun control when Blacks started arming themselves in the '60s in CA. Governor Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford act restricting gun rights,

https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act

It bears mentioning that this was the pre-Infinite Crisis NRA, back when they were actually pretty much all about gun safety and marksmanship. Then Harlon Carter took it over in '77 and they became the NRA we all know and love, obsessed with peddling guns as the answer.
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CyricZ

Vote Trump 2020! He's Not Much of a Racist!
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CyricZ

Blue_Inigo posted...

It's crazy how black people have to bend over backwards

Shoot him! He's bending over backwards!
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CyricZ

The uh... quality of the troll posts is starting to drop dramatically.
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CyricZ

Why anyone is giving this woman the time of day is beyond me.
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CyricZ

Just learned about this. Big gross.
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CyricZ

lww99 posted...

Darkman124 posted...

she doesnt deserve praise

she did her job

other reporters deserve scorn for not doing their job.

Tf kind of shit logic is this

The best logic. There's not a question to this administration that should not be capped off with "what is wrong with you?" The fact that the media lets a ton of shit slide for this admin is so damn telling.
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CyricZ

Y'all still got time to get Yakuzie Kiwami
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CyricZ

Guess y'all can ignore Post #9 I guess.
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CyricZ

I fully admit.

This is my first time hearing of this.

I need to hear much more come December 4th.
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CyricZ

Could be older concept art from a different artist.

Seriously, though, look at that generic anime protagonist.
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CyricZ

_Lyonidias posted...

CyricZ posted...

_Lyonidias posted...

Most of it is long distance/online education so its a bit harder to actually meet with others to study unfortunately

But is all of it?

Right now yeah :/

I have a clinical next semester tho

Sounds like an opportunity to me. :)
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CyricZ

Perascamin posted...

Shut the hell up.

One of the most interesting aspects of Cowboy Bebop is its story.

Allow me to elaborate a bit more.

What I'm saying is that I don't hold the producers of this to adapt Episode 1, and Episode 2, and Episode 3... etc.

What I would like is for them to maintain the basic premise: Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed are bounty hunters on the Bebop, and the setting is a futuristic populated solar system.

I don't even think the Red Dragon plotline needs to be a thing necessarily.

What I would like to see is crime and bounty hunting with a sci-fi leaning, much like the episodes of Bebop were. There was almost always something futuristic involved in the episodes: a dog that's been modified to be smart, a designer drug that makes you super aware, hyperspace gates, but the actual narratives of each episode felt very real: a chase through a crowded marketplace, a kidnapping, mafia wars, a heist, etc. All typical crime stories with futuristic flavor.

I figure that if the creators of this show can capture that, alongside the jazz/bop sound design and the rustic and slapdash nature of the universe, then the actual arc plots themselves are immaterial. That's more what I meant when I said the story doesn't matter as much as the aesthetic. I hope that makes it more clear.

Like you can shift things around a bit and have Ed come on much earlier, or have Faye be an antagonist for a bit, or stuff like that. Have you heard of the "Shooting Star" Cowboy Bebop manga? It was short, but it basically reworked the basic storyline and character flow, but kept the same aesthetic and framing, and I thought it was pretty good, even if it didn't last very long.

Contrast to stories like FMA and Death Note, where the overall plot is woven tightly into the identify of the show and how things progress, so people are expecting certain story beats to be hit by any adaptation.
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CyricZ

_Lyonidias posted...

Most of it is long distance/online education so its a bit harder to actually meet with others to study unfortunately

But is all of it?
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CyricZ

Kombucha posted...

all i could find

HA! Those are exactly the ones I found.
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CyricZ

_Lyonidias posted...

Should probs try to focus on something like my schoolwork to get my mind off of things.

Do you have people in the same classes as you? People you can study with? I get the idea that schoolwork is probably the most important thing right now and I've always found it helped me to get involved with others for study sessions.
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CyricZ

It's my offer. I can't make you take it. I can only offer.

And I won't give up on you guys. :)
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CyricZ

There's always a way out. Life will welcome you back.

If you guys need someone to vent to, you can come to me. If you guys need some positivity, you can come to me. I won't tell you to be positive. What I can do is give you my own positive feelings. I'll give you funny videos, cute cat pictures. I can send you pieces from YT that make you think about things like literature and film. Heck, you can proofread my guides for me and make sure they make sense if you need something to do to keep your mind busy. :)

I've been there. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Sometimes it's best just to stay out of your own head.
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CyricZ

PlsGodDontBanMe posted...

CyricZ posted...

PlsGodDontBanMe posted...

Okay you need to stop.

Nah, id rather laugh more.

Youre welcome to white knight and kiss her ass more, thatl definitely help (it certainly wont)

In the end, there are basically two types of people with self-esteem issues.

Those who put it all on themselves.

Those who put it all on others.

You're clearly falling in the latter court for that. You see the people in this topic taking their down feelings and lumping it on themselves and you see the opportunity to add to that to push away your own down feelings. You're counting on them taking those down feelings so you don't have to anymore, and it's sick. It's abusive. It's predatory.

I don't have experience dealing with what you're going through, but I do have experience dealing with what they're going through. I'll thank you to leave them be rather than make things worse, and I honestly can't stop you if you say no. If you say you need this to feel better about yourself. All I can do is mark you and call you out on it.

This is not healthy. For you or for them. Please realize that.
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CyricZ

PlsGodDontBanMe posted...

Okay you need to stop.
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CyricZ

Because she's taking a stats exam today.

And every gif I can find is complaining about math, being stumped by math, or saying they can't do math.

Aren't there any gifs of people being GOOD at math?
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CyricZ

Maybe I've just been here too long (guess also having been a mod doesn't hurt), but I can't honestly get myself up in a dander over mods not hitting people.

I mean...

Raven025 posted...

LOL crying to the mods because you are getting disproven

This is what happens when you complain about it. Your opposition feels empowered because they believe you had no other recourse in the argument than to remove them, and if it doesn't happen, then it's even funnier to them.

Why give them the satisfaction?
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CyricZ

Nice.
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CyricZ

BarneyBosco posted...

CyricZ posted...

Okay you can stop now. He got modded.

I don't got to leave for work until another 10 minutes.

When being racist isn't a lifestyle, but a hobby.
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CyricZ

coolboy11 posted...

note in the history of Dixie Southern states were some of the most militant in applying gun control laws specifically towards Black populations (Whites could basically own any gun they wanted of course), it's made me somewhat leery of Gun Control laws as a black male as a result because government agencies have a tendency to over police Black men who are legally carrying weapons.

I can respect this opinion.
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CyricZ

Okay you can stop now. He got modded.
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CyricZ

Well we know one thing that's sitting in voldo's bookmarks, or on his desktop, ready to use at a second's notice.
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CyricZ

BarneyBosco posted...

I know this is difficult to talk about without trying to spout racism, but at least make an attempt.

So what's your excuse.
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CyricZ

That would be the one who actually threatened to shoot the place up.
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CyricZ

OctilIery posted...

Coastal_elite posted...

bloodthirsty beasts (pitbulls)

Nope.

Let's not go down this route and turn it into a pit bull topic. Stay on point.
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CyricZ

Of the "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years" variety?

Let's face it, MvDK is a nice game, but it wasn't remotely the push for Pauline that Odyssey was. Not by a long shot.
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CyricZ

I'm for them.
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CyricZ

pegusus123456 posted...

joe_stalin518 posted...

We talking about earthbound/ mother 2 Pauline?

The woman that DK kidnapped in the original arcade game. She made a comeback as the goddamn mayor of New Donk City in Odyssey.

You're welcome.

EDIT: When you think about it, she's basically Mike Haggar
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CyricZ

joe_stalin518 posted...

We talking about earthbound/ mother 2 Pauline?

You mean Paula? No we're not talking about that.
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CyricZ

I'm perfectly fine with her being absorbed into the Mario-Fun-Time games canon or whatever the metaseries is called.

I mean, Nintendo knows they knocked it out of the park with her depiction in Odyssey. She super went over.
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CyricZ

Oh, here's another question:

Will Jet be black? :)
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CyricZ

Actually, one question I'd have is is this a Japanese-focused or a Western-focused production. Bleach and FMA were both the former, while Death Note was the latter.

Despite Death Note being at the bottom of that heap, I still think Western-focused is a better way to go for Cowboy Bebop.
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CyricZ

Yomi posted...

@Lebronwon posted...

I aint clicking no Joe Rogan video. That is how you fuck up your recommended videos.

If you pause your history recording and watch it will not count towards your recommended videos, or you can also watch it and then delete it from your history and it also will not count towards your recommended videos.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/95725?hl=en

When you pause history, any videos that you watch while history is paused won't show in history and wont be used to improve your recommendations. You can unpause your history to start recording history again.

It's amazing we have to go through these hoops to keep the algorithm from inundating us with alt-right whack pieces.
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CyricZ

s0nicfan posted...

My original complaint was the story intentionally obfuscated facts to make the guy seem like more of a victim than he was, not that it was the fairest of punishments. While you're trying to make immigration officials out to be bond villains you should at least find better examples than a guy who tried to murder his in law.

And my counter complaint is that you're focusing less on the fact that he served his time and was trying to better himself, and more on the fact that he committed a crime and using that as justification for his deportation. It's not like I glossed over the crime. It's right there in my first post.

You've decided that the crime he committed is the most important aspect of this story.

Under US law, this man served his time. Suggesting he deserves additional punishment well after the fact because he was born in another country is not something I cotton to. This man remains a victim of our immigration system.

And don't mistake my intent. ICE officials in my mind are not Bond villains.

They're a fucking gestapo.
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CyricZ

Raven025 posted...

I like how Trevor Noah pretends to be black when he is mixed.

When did he ever say he was black?
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CyricZ

My bar is set at a comfortably low expectation, so if it turns out to be decent, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

If it brings Cowboy Bebop back into the conversation and maybe gives Blu-ray sales a kick, I'm okay with it.

Furthermore, the Bebop story is pretty malleable, as its greatest strength was its aesthetic and presentation, so if they can nail that, it almost doesn't matter what the story ends up being.

As long as you have the basics in place, you can really tell whatever story you want. I almost hope they don't have Vicious, for example, because he's almost too anime for the setting.

That said, they'd HAVE to nail the aesthetic.
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CyricZ

Akagami_Shanks posted...

I already know how this thread will turn out.

I honestly don't expect a lot of kerfuffle.

There's really no counterargument in the case of this shooting.

The usual suspects will look at this topic, narrow their eyes a bit, maybe check a couple of articles to look deeper into the background of it to find something to use, but won't really get anything.

But we see you looking at the topic. We know you're there, because, frankly where else would you be but CE, anyway.

Just remember these events where you can't bring your usual game because you know it's wrong. That's all we ask.
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CyricZ

https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow/videos/2476856912357031/

Sorry it's on FB. If you can't get there you can use this:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trevor-noah-second-amendment-is-not-intended-for-black-people_us_5bfe1f02e4b0f43bf2662986
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CyricZ