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Completely fair. The name is way too similar, leaching off Nintendo's popularity. It has gone way beyond a homage, especially using the costumes in promos. It would have made more sense to have a separate vendor that sells the costumes, but not use that as the main hook.

I tried it out, but roguelikes really aren't my thing. I need active progression that's more than "git gud and git luk"."

I'm confused how this is even a thing. They should have mixed up the sexes anyway seeing as there's no way there would ever be uniformity in an emergency.

While I'm sure it's not a non-issue, I doubt it's some critical countdown like that.

CyricZ posted...

nemu posted...

entitled gender studies graduate type

Sorry, either they misdefine the term or they try to discredit the claimant outright. Forgot the second part of that.

nemu posted...

They are used in such a way not to fix anything, but to blame things.

With any problem, you have to identify the root cause before you can fix anything, or at least improve it, and when the root cause is presented and those in power respond "no it's not", that's why things don't get fixed.

There is a difference between discussing a problem and trying to bundle it up into some kind of all inclusive term that can be "fought." You can say "there are problems that are greatly affecting the black community" and fight against those problems where they arise. Ascribing the term "white privilege" may be an attempt to put a term to those problems, but you're instead simply creating an aggressor and victim. That is the same idea with rape culture, patriarchy, etc. It doesn't matter that these terms may have more neutral definitions. What matters is how they are used by the people who use them. The second someone says "it's the fault of X", the purpose has been lost.

CyricZ posted...

nemu posted...

Rape culture is the same kind of thing as white privilege. It's a total mischaracterization on how the world works, turning everyone and everything into aggressors and victims. They need buzzwords to throw around at every issue instead of taking a nuanced look and actively trying to fix things.

If we want to talk mischaracterization...

I think a lot of reasons these arguments fail early is because people who don't want to believe these aspects of society exist will, instead of trying to understand the rationale of those who coined the terms, will instead define the terms for themselves and use that as a starting point for the argument against them.

Or to put it another way, "rape culture" is not defined as "a culture that promotes/condones rape", and beginning an argument from that point is pretty doggone disingenuous.

The definition will entirely depend on who you're talking to for sure, but pretty much anyone who is going to use it is the entitled gender studies graduate type. There may be people and academics who try to utilize it in a different context, but it's drowned out.

But that does not remove the larger problem of such discourse. Those kinds of terms create a victim complex, boiling it down to the idea that society is severely flawed and "toxic." They are used in such a way not to fix anything, but to blame things. "Things are like this because of 'buzzword.'"

Rape culture is the same kind of thing as white privilege. It's a total mischaracterization on how the world works, turning everyone and everything into aggressors and victims. They need buzzwords to throw around at every issue instead of taking a nuanced look and actively trying to fix things.

No. Only thing to worry about is if we develop human level AI. Then it becomes an ethical issue.

Don't allow it. That's a nighttime activity. Can't just be doing that early afternoon.

Is this a tactic to round us up and slaughter us?

Not in the human conception at least. There could very well be an existence beyond any human comprehension that fills the same role, but there is no particular reason to even consider it beyond a hypothetical.

It depends on the person. For me, it honestly has sometimes made more interested in a story that was sort of dragging on, and when I didn't get the full spoiler, I can still be surprised by something happening. For other people, it ruins the whole experience. Knowing what's coming makes them lose all excitement.

WhinyZach posted...

alright guys, you need to learn about consent. It's hard to understand but even a yes can be a no if the person asking is in power.

If a person asks someone for consent and they are not free to answer either way it's not actually consent. Ck did this for women who were aspiring comedian/actresses. He had the power to begin, or end their careers. Same reason why a boss can't date an employee at any reasonable company.

The women who came forward obviously felt they couldn't say no. They consented under duress.

That's taking all agency away from people. I agree it's not the best practice, but anyone who puts a thought like that in their own head has nobody to blame but themselves. If the "person in power" has not made a threat that they will use that power to negatively affect that person's life, there can be no assumption it will be abused. If they said yes under no duress but their own dumb thoughts, then there is no issue. It's like saying someone saying yes to someone they're dating because "I thought they would be mad if I said no" despite no evidence that would be the case.

TheKentster posted...

Supposedly she talked to a therapist about it years ago. She would need to be the one to authorize that being released. Wouldn't that prove her case? Why hide it?

Before you even say some stupid response to this, that would not mean releasing everything she ever said to the therapist. She can authorize the release of just that one bit.

Her talking to a therapist proves literally nothing, unless she told the therapist exact facts that she has since forgotten. The only thing it proves is that she's not just some last minute, paid political tool. It proves she thinks she was assaulted, but does not mean it ever actually happened or happened in the way she is saying.

Basically, she's a nutjob. Sucks that she had to live through a traumatic experience, but guess what, there are actual sexual predators walking around everywhere. You cannot erase them from life. They cannot be barred from public spaces except those dictated by court rulings. Either get over it or stay in your house. This is especially dumb considering Louis is not a predator at all, just someone with a weird kink who engaged with a dumb people who later regretted it.

It's a scary time to be in the public spotlight at all. Regardless of how minor of an "offense," if you get noticed and one person in this world is offended, you could be fired or arrested depending on where you live.

This is right up there with the koi pond and two scoops. There is so much stuff to criticize them for that is actually legitimate. Why do they need to bother with dribble like this? Stuff like this takes away from actual issues and just makes people who criticize Trump look like a joke.

No. Depending on the circumstances, I will hypocritically find it hilarious, but it will always be wrong to hit someone outside of self-defense.

No. He can no-sell telekinesis, so other magic based powers wouldn't work. He uses ki in pressure points right?

Americans are likely to be fat, and it's quite likely that people who are into comics and stuff will live a more sedentary life than the average person.

Super fun, but stealth sections are mostly bunk. Ms. "I can taze 15 trained soldiers without being noticed" was the worst.

Wind Waker HD is great if you never payed the GC version or just want to replay it.

Why do people get so emotional over politics? It's like they've written a "worst case America" fanfic in their head, and they freak out when something even remotely lines up with that scenario.

I'm so confused why people think he should be punished when there is literally not a shred of corroborative evidence. You're certainly welcome to believe he's an attempted rapist, but he shouldn't be punished without actual proof that he is one.

Don't get why this is news at all if it's company policy and has nothing to do with the hat itself. This is why the media is dumb. Not every little event needs to be turned into clickbait so that the Trump supports click, preparing to have a meltdown, while the Trump haters get some lube ready.

Eh, really depends on the person. There are some 22 year olds who are less mature than some 16 year olds, and many 16 year olds who are clueless about life. In general, not the best idea to pursue unless the "adult" is like 18-20.

Easy. You're losing nothing at all, might experience some pain and sorrow, and it can all be forgotten if you want.

I hate people who get up in arms about old buildings, like a local one in my town. "Don't change it, don't tear it down, wah wah wah," while the whole time it was for sale for a relatively cheap price before the company bought it. If they really wanted to save and renovate it, that was their time.

Except they were pushed back and hidden by a major world power. There are also numerous accusations, records of internal shuffling to stifle those accusations, and people simply admitting to it. The problem with the whole "believe the accusers thing" is that culture has sort of conflated all sides of an argument into on "people don't believe women." There are those who hold views that "women are all tempting harlots seeking to ruin men," which is horrible, but there are others who just feel that we need to thoroughly investigate and probe each facet of an accusation.

Just kill the DCEU. It will never flourish. If they do a Wonder Woman 2 with the same director, that might be the second and last good movie they put out.

ledbowman posted...

nemu posted...

andel posted...

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andel posted...

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VipaGTS posted...

"was there a witness"...

How is this a defense? How many people who commit sexual assault or rape invite witnesses with them?How many victims know to invite a witness with them? this shit usually happens in private...

It's not just a lack of a witness to the crime, but to any single aspect of the story. She has yet to have anyone even put them at a party together, let alone in a bedroom. This is on top of having nothing else to show besides dumb stuff from decades later that is not proof of a crime. If you have literally no proof, it's he-said, she-said, and it needs to default to innocent in that case. That will really suck for victims with no evidence, but we cannot go on the word of one person without a shred of evidence.

she passed a polygraph and has documentation that this happened from years ago. stop defending a sexual predator. just like you did with trump, just like you did with roy moore

Polygraph tests are complete and absolute bunk. She has documentation of talking to a therapist years later. If I got and talk to a therapist about being felt up by Mike Tyson, that does not make it true.

she has actual facts to back up her allegation. just because you want to mindlessly shill for the worst type of people doesnt mean you have any kind of coherent argument here

She has her sworn statement. The sworn statements of people who she told decades later. The polygraph test. That's all the has been provided. None of it proves anything. Say you believe her regardless if you want, but do not claim any of that is actual legitimate evidence of a crime. I don't give a shit about Kavanaugh. If it turns out he's guilty, I could not care less. I only care about this idea that this woman should be believed despite how much of a circus this whole thing is.

It's not proof but it is evidence. People keep intentionally conflating these two things to make a bogus point that she has nothing to stand on.

No, you just don't seem to realize when people say she "has no evidence" that they're saying she "has no [credible] evidence [that would actually prove guilt]." Any time someone explains that to you, you just close your eyes, cover your ears, and keep chanting "evidence, evidence, evidence" as if it means something.

andel posted...

nemu posted...

andel posted...

nemu posted...

VipaGTS posted...

"was there a witness"...

How is this a defense? How many people who commit sexual assault or rape invite witnesses with them?How many victims know to invite a witness with them? this shit usually happens in private...

It's not just a lack of a witness to the crime, but to any single aspect of the story. She has yet to have anyone even put them at a party together, let alone in a bedroom. This is on top of having nothing else to show besides dumb stuff from decades later that is not proof of a crime. If you have literally no proof, it's he-said, she-said, and it needs to default to innocent in that case. That will really suck for victims with no evidence, but we cannot go on the word of one person without a shred of evidence.

she passed a polygraph and has documentation that this happened from years ago. stop defending a sexual predator. just like you did with trump, just like you did with roy moore

Polygraph tests are complete and absolute bunk. She has documentation of talking to a therapist years later. If I got and talk to a therapist about being felt up by Mike Tyson, that does not make it true.

she has actual facts to back up her allegation. just because you want to mindlessly shill for the worst type of people doesnt mean you have any kind of coherent argument here

She has her sworn statement. The sworn statements of people who she told decades later. The polygraph test. That's all the has been provided. None of it proves anything. Say you believe her regardless if you want, but do not claim any of that is actual legitimate evidence of a crime. I don't give a shit about Kavanaugh. If it turns out he's guilty, I could not care less. I only care about this idea that this woman should be believed despite how much of a circus this whole thing is.

butthole666 posted...

nemu posted...

VipaGTS posted...

"was there a witness"...

How is this a defense? How many people who commit sexual assault or rape invite witnesses with them?How many victims know to invite a witness with them? this shit usually happens in private...

It's not just a lack of a witness to the crime, but to any single aspect of the story. She has yet to have anyone even put them at a party together, let alone in a bedroom. This is on top of having nothing else to show besides dumb stuff from decades later that is not proof of a crime. If you have literally no proof, it's he-said, she-said, and it needs to default to innocent in that case. That will really suck for victims with no evidence, but we cannot go on the word of one person without a shred of evidence.

What about the character witnesses of his old drinking buddies tho

Kavanaugh being an asshat is not evidence of him committing a crime. I don't really care about whether he was a massive drunk or not. What matters is if there is evidence of him assaulting women, which has not come up yet. If him being a drunkard is enough to get him denied, no problem with that.

andel posted...

nemu posted...

VipaGTS posted...

"was there a witness"...

How is this a defense? How many people who commit sexual assault or rape invite witnesses with them?How many victims know to invite a witness with them? this shit usually happens in private...

It's not just a lack of a witness to the crime, but to any single aspect of the story. She has yet to have anyone even put them at a party together, let alone in a bedroom. This is on top of having nothing else to show besides dumb stuff from decades later that is not proof of a crime. If you have literally no proof, it's he-said, she-said, and it needs to default to innocent in that case. That will really suck for victims with no evidence, but we cannot go on the word of one person without a shred of evidence.

she passed a polygraph and has documentation that this happened from years ago. stop defending a sexual predator. just like you did with trump, just like you did with roy moore

Polygraph tests are complete and absolute bunk. She has documentation of talking to a therapist years later. If I got and talk to a therapist about being felt up by Mike Tyson, that does not make it true.

VipaGTS posted...

"was there a witness"...

How is this a defense? How many people who commit sexual assault or rape invite witnesses with them?How many victims know to invite a witness with them? this shit usually happens in private...

It's not just a lack of a witness to the crime, but to any single aspect of the story. She has yet to have anyone even put them at a party together, let alone in a bedroom. This is on top of having nothing else to show besides dumb stuff from decades later that is not proof of a crime. If you have literally no proof, it's he-said, she-said, and it needs to default to innocent in that case. That will really suck for victims with no evidence, but we cannot go on the word of one person without a shred of evidence.

Yeah, but as with Yelp, only human scum actually use it for the most part. There's asshats who leave only negative reviews and old women who like to give positive reviews to anything basically.

Do you stick with with a set party or switch it up?

The police should definitely be disciplined, but it's not like they're arresting innocent people. Don't see what recourse the criminals should have against them. Unless there is more to the story I'm not seeing, should be both sides are punished because none did the right thing.

Honestly, nobody is getting out if we're talking a few hours. The cluster of trying to evacuate a city with a population of millions would just not work on short notice. You'd need at least twelve hours to get even a fraction of the people out.

It can be. I do think there are children who will only respond well to pain and others who won't. If the parent is finding the child is not reacting to it in a way that changes their behavior, they should try other methods.

You're going about this from the wrong angle. Criticizing him for his skin color is not the same as people criticizing others for their actual skin color. That's a faulty argument. What's wrong is the people who would say "don't shame someone for the way they look" then going on to use the way someone looks as a means of demeaning them. It doesn't matter if the looks are self-made. If you say people shouldn't "fat shame", then insulting him based on how he appears is hypocritical.

Depends on how close you are and how she turned you down. If she's a stranger, never. If she's a coworker or casual acquaintance, probably 3-6 months if it was nice and left room for the future. If it was harsh, then never. If it's someone you've known for years, more frequently might be acceptable as long as it's not a harsh no.

Why are they even considering that in the first place? Polygraph tests are complete bunk.

FrisbeeDude posted...

nemu posted...

What is this point supposed to be countering? There are not a ton of false accusations. That's not the problem. The problem is the willingness of the public to instantly judge someone for an accusation, regardless of its validity. Even if it's overturned, that person is still going to be forever marred by it.

lmao people instantly judge women who bring accusation of rape all the time. Hell, look at the reaction to the women accusing Christiano Ronaldp of rape.

Judged as in removed from their jobs instantly at the first sign of an issue. It's one thing to do payed leave pending an investigation, but you have people fired within an hour of news dropping. It will always be a case by case basis obviously. If someone is being charged for raping three children, I don't expect a company to retain them. It's just we're in this super reactionary moment in the media where everything must be dissociated within ten minutes or people go ballistic on Twitter.

What is this point supposed to be countering? There are not a ton of false accusations. That's not the problem. The problem is the willingness of the public to instantly judge someone for an accusation, regardless of its validity. Even if it's overturned, that person is still going to be forever marred by it.

Sleep easy. You'll basically give yourself decades of life.

It's a bad time for anyone in the public eye. Accusations are almost instantly believed regardless of sex really.

Completely fair to say he's being an asshole, but what does her sex have to do with it? Baiting about race, sex, or orientation is such bullshit when it's not actually a factor.

In the sense that it's "normal" to want to have kids, yes. In the sense that some people just don't want kids/don't want kids until way later than normal, not really. This idea that there is a strict normal way to live is silly. For people who judge others for not having kids, it's like they wish they didn't so they want everyone else to have to go through with it. The only thing someone should not do is pretend they're happy without kids when they really want them.