Lurker > darkmaian23

Bumping once for good measure.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/australia-now-has-encryption-busting-laws-as-labor-capitulates/

The only thing worse than this is when it comes to every other major Western nation because Australia already has it.

Stop defending your actions, and stop trying to talk yourself into doing something you know is stupid. Cut off contact with her and move on with your life. You just made this topic in the hope that someone would tell you something different even though you know better. Just end it.

I'll eat anything if it is sandwiched between two chocolate cookies.

OK, that sounds really bad.

Patreon has also been cracking down on NSFW content claiming they are being forced to by payment processors. I'm not sure for how much longer you can bank on R34 stuff being there.

Does Wells Fargo ever do anything that isn't evil?

Seriously though, watch out for infection and be sure to go to a doctor if you see the signs.

Yes, it's the only way to be sure.

008Zulu posted...

Is there any actual evidence?

This. I've read NDT's refutation of these allegations, and unless more evidence is presented later, I'm inclined to believe what he wrote and that he is innocent.

@DarthGravid
Wait, have you actually starred in porn before? If you have, and if you don't mind me asking, is it actually fun and satisfying (scummy conditions aside), or is everybody faking it? I've always wanted to know.

Green Lantern is actually really cool, and the movie would have been fine if they'd actually finished it and not cut stuff out.

I can't believe how bad Justice League was. It was stupid to make it in the first place without giving all of the characters their own films like Marvel did, but even ignoring that, it was terrible. Ben Affleck's Batman isn't the right type of character to lead Justice League, Aquaman was just sort of there, the villain was some C-list bad guy I actually had to look up, Cyborg came out of left field yet Batman and Wonder Woman act like we should know who he is, and the plot was all over the place despite being so simple.

This is the sort of quality topic the site wouldn't have without CE.

@gunplagirl
I appreciate the reassurance. I have nothing against immigration in general, but making criticism of anything illegal--especially when it is a basic political issue--is crazy. Does anyone have a non-Youtube source for this? I can't find any mention of it on any major news sites.

Hopefully this is just one of those crazy things that people sometimes propose at the UN. >.>

This isn't likely to go anywhere, is it?

No one should be trusted without question.

Can four officers really be considered an outlier in a police department?

Perhaps they took down all nsfw content until they can figure out how illegal content made it past their filters? It might be just temporary.

eston posted...

I've definitely been in situations where 4 or 5 girls I've slept with were in the same room

Let me guess...family gatherings?

If this is real, just stop paying for her rent. She and her boyfriend can figure that stuff out. In the future, don't do anything like this again. Don't give money to anyone unless they are a close friend, and only then if you think they can be trusted and you don't mind never seeing that money again.

I do wish people would go out on a limb and dress as a different Sailor Scout. Maybe Mars in this case?

I liked most of the episodes, but I was always a huge Chuck Norris fan.

I think Seinfeld is just OK, and I'm on the tail of the age range for being classified as a millennial.

The worst class I've taken to date has to be macroeconomics. It was a distance learning class, and everything that could go wrong went wrong. The textbook was very nearly unintelligible, the professor's "notes" came directly from the publisher, and I'm 99% certain the tests did too. I wrote down the concepts the textbook covered, researched and understood them, and it still didn't help me answer any of the questions. There was a guided reading function for the e-book where it would quiz you. The answers to the quizzes(and indeed many of the questions) did not follow from the reading and made nonsensical leaps in logic.

When I posted questions in the discussion forum, the professor's only answer was that the answers were somewhere in my textbook and that I should read it. When I got to speak to the guy on the phone, he was extremely unpleasant and provided deeply vague answers to my specific questions that cleared nothing up.

I've taken math, physics, and computer science courses and gotten excellent grades. That macroeconomics class made me feel like I'd had a stroke and lost the ability to comprehend the written word.

catboy0_0 posted...

stay isolated and don't open up to people. people don't like you

Dyinglegacy posted...

Pull out

lol, wow.

Daniel Craig nails the Bond character. The reason half of his movies sucked was because of terrible writing, and that really isn't something he can control.

A scientific theory is an explanation for a well-substantiated body of facts, and must hold up in the face of severe scrutiny. There is nothing random about science.

Posters in this thread have repeatedly brought up the idea that people aren't entitled to anything, and that if they want more, they need to earn it by increasing their skills and education. This line of thinking is very flawed. A significant number of people are born with subpar intelligence and aren't suited to high-tech or knowledge work. What can those people do? Taking up a trade is the obvious answer, but the world only needs so many plumbers, carpenters, and electricians. Working in the trades is physically demanding, which locks out people with health conditions or who are older, especially if they are trying to transition to a new career. It's the same with knowledge workers: not everyone is cut out to be a programmer, an engineer, or a doctor. If you are, there are only so many positions available, and you are forced to compete with foreign workers who will work for much less than is humanly possible if you live in the West.

But let's assume there were no shortages of positions, and no mitigating factors like low intelligence, old age, or poor health. No matter how clever you are, no matter how hard you work, only so many people in the world can be genuinely wealthy. It's just basic math. There is also a continuing trend towards making the wealthy wealthier. People like to trot out rags to riches success stories as though they prove anybody can do it---that just isn't so, and it's often not the person's fault either. There is a hard cap on how many people can succeed, and the gap between the wealthy and the poor is ever increasing. People aren't owed mansions, but neither should we live in a world where circumstances condemn people with no opportunities to live a wretched, joyless life while those slightly better off jeer at them and tell them to earn their keep, as though living a middle class life from paycheck to paycheck is in the pinnacle of existence that gives you some kind of moral authority.

Automation is going to have a huge impact on the number of available jobs. People claim it won't be so, citing how the economy has changed before in the past and everything was fine. What new kinds of jobs will be opened up in the future? There already aren't enough jobs that pay a living wage, and the entire goal of automation--both mechanical and digital--is to reduce the amount of labor required to perform a task, and it is doing that job very well with no end in sight.

Wait, what? Even if Satan were killed (how?) why would he end up in heaven?

50Blessings posted...

Kang Fu boot up process

It gets even better: Try pausing the video when he's holding the manual and read the rest for yourself.

This one was great. I'm never going to be able to forget that kangaroo game.

I know other people have already said it, but I'll say it again: What the hell is BoJack doing in the number one spot? Unless you restrict the Simpsons to its golden age--say between seasons 3 and 10--it doesn't deserve to be nearly that high. These days there are maybe two or three mediocre episodes per season and the rest leave you wondering what's wrong with the writers.

I think it's a question of creativity. Big name companies churn out games that look shiny but feel completely stale and have no staying power. The proliferation of technology and the advancement of tools has allowed the indie scene to explode, but few indie titles rise out of the pit of Unity asset flip hell to be something truly great. Add to that the fact that the most dominate form of gaming is now mobile gaming--complete with similar designs and the endless lure of additional in-game purchases--and the situation is pretty dire.

Games cost too much for companies to experiment. Back in the days of the PS1 and PS2, the lower cost of development allowed for the existence of all kinds of niche and creative games. Gaming wasn't quite mainstream then either so there wasn't really a lowest common denominator to pander to. There is a kind of charm to older games that most (but not all) modern games are missing.

Ninja Gaiden
Both Batman episodes (I owned most of those games growing up)
Earthbound (super fun episode)
Street Fighter 2010

Were you able to cover up your horror? If not, did anybody see your reaction? If so you might want to polish your resume.

Eevee-Trainer posted...

They literally had an assembly to show it to everyone in my high school. >_>

Please tell me this was a private school.

@OBCD
That sounds horrible. You have my sympathy.

GiftedACIII posted...

Train to busan

If you haven't seen this, the movie is totally worth a watch.

Wait, what? It can't be that bad.

The solution is to escape from Australia as soon as possible.

It might just be my McDonalds, but I think the bacon tastes weird. The sausage is always delicious.

If I could travel back in time and be an adult in any era, I think the 90s are what I would choose.
- The economy was better for unskilled and skilled laborers alike.
- No great recession
- Social media didn't exist yet, or if it did, was too insignificant to matter.
- The 9/11 hadn't happened yet so no war on terror with all its "benefits".
- Gaming with your friends in person was still a thing.
- Computers and the internet were available, but weren't yet an overbearing part of life.
- Everybody was more relaxed.
- A minor point, but fast food was absolutely delicious.

I'm not saying I'd want to relive my youth, I'm saying I honestly think that 90s were better than what we have now. I can't shake the feeling the world is going to go off the rails. You can laugh all you like, but I think 90s might have been the peak of American society.

If you want to do programming, go for that with a business minor or double major. Java is a fine introductory language if you are interested in finding out if programming is for you. Please don't listen to anyone who tells you to start with C or C++.

@KINGWAR
Great Sage, share your wisdom.

Bumping this one more time in case anyone wants to discuss.

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