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TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 10:34:37 PM
#82
LogicWings posted...
Naturalization means the same race...denaturalization means many races. Congress only power is Naturalization.

Dead people can't serve in Congress either. Jeez, dude.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 10:28:16 PM
#78
LogicWings posted...
Their kind and kindred. Race.

Dead people can't race either.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 10:22:25 PM
#76
LogicWings posted...
Columbus, Ghandi and Mohammed are not the same natural kind and kindred. How can their kind be naturalized in the USA?

I'm pretty sure dead people can't be naturalized.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 10:03:54 PM
#74
DarkChozoGhost posted...
Vertania posted...
What I'm complaining about are things like tearing down Gandhi statues because he had ignorant views of Africans and slept naked with his under-aged relatives or denouncing Jefferson's achievements because he owned and fucked slaves.

ftfy

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ghandi-slept-grandniece-historian-tells-uk-government-1460499
To prove his self-control he often slept and bathed naked with other women including a grandniece and the wife of his grandnephew, who were both 18 when they started sleeping in the same bed as Gandhi, who was 77 years old at the time.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 9:43:01 PM
#70
hockeybub89 posted...
Muhammad and Columbus were both shit. They aren't everyone who has ever lived though.

...Right, that's what I was trying to get at.

Muhammad and Columbus were overall pretty bad even for their time. They promoted conquest, leading to countless deaths and the destruction of other cultures. People like Hitler and Stalin were obviously bad in their own time too.

What I'm complaining about are things like tearing down Gandhi statues because he had ignorant views of Africans and slept naked with his of-age relatives or denouncing Jefferson's achievements because he owned and fucked slaves.

Just imagine if people decide some day that MLK was a huge piece of shit because he plagiarized part of his doctorate dissertation and cheated on his wife multiple times.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 9:06:05 PM
#47
I can't tell if certain people ITT really love defending Muhammad or just really hate Jefferson/Colombus/Gandhi/etc.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 8:17:09 PM
#35
A_Good_Boy posted...
Did you know Muhammed had a child bride and that's terrible. Did you know Jefferson fucked his slaves but he shouldn't be judged for it.

Since you wanted to bring him up, you might as well mention that Muhammad had a child with one of his slaves and he made it legal for his men to have sex with their slaves and captives. Not to judge or anything.
TopicShill for a game you feel hasn't gotten enough love and attention
Vertania
12/19/18 7:42:14 PM
#11
Contact (NDS)

It feels like a spiritual successor to Earthbound, but with... I guess, "semi-real-time" combat. Has a ton of weapons to collect, 10 skills to level (ranging from swords to elements to cooking), and a decent sense of humor in the writing.
TopicAstro Boy on GBA is pretty great, what else good on GBA?
Vertania
12/19/18 7:13:23 PM
#18
The Sims games (Bustin' Out & The Urbz, at least) were strangely fun. Unlike most Sims games, you directly controlled your character and had goals like upgrading your stats/house, doing mini-game jobs, and talking to people.
TopicIs it unfair to judge historical figures by today's moral standards?
Vertania
12/19/18 6:56:06 PM
#6
Yes.
TopicWhat are your thoughts on R.E.M
Vertania
12/19/18 6:50:06 PM
#3
They make me want to fall asleep.
TopicAstro Boy on GBA is pretty great, what else good on GBA?
Vertania
12/19/18 6:49:25 PM
#3
All 3 Castlevanias
TopicWhod want to live there LOL. 9 States lost populations last year. NY and IL
Vertania
12/19/18 5:28:53 PM
#13
ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...
parts of upstate new york are so poor, you would think you are in a third world country.

It feels like there are more people on welfare in my town than there are working. Not even really their fault, since there are barely any decent jobs. Businesses are abandoning the area and very few new ones dare to come near. Then there are hard drugs and shootings everywhere on top of it.

What's really baffling is NY's bright idea of giving away free college on the condition of working in NY for (I think) 6 years. Upstate is already oversaturated with degree holders that can't find work and this free tuition program is just going to make it much worse.
TopicWhod want to live there LOL. 9 States lost populations last year. NY and IL
Vertania
12/19/18 5:18:58 PM
#7
I moved out of NY 6 years ago. Unfortunately, I had to move back after 4 years. Fucking hate upstate.
TopicName an underrated episode of South Park.
Vertania
12/19/18 5:15:22 PM
#2
Damien
TopicImagine playing Mass Effect
Vertania
12/19/18 4:42:35 PM
#36
Zerocide posted...
Eww

Yeah.

I got it for $5 last week. I was hoping it might make me want to finally replay ME1 and 2, then get to ME3. I could never finish a ME1 replay since I already beat it at least like 10 (probably closer to 20) times.
TopicWhy are people willing to spend $50K+ on college...
Vertania
12/19/18 4:39:21 PM
#11
-Most 18 year olds don't understand how shitty of a deal those loans are
-Most college students grossly overestimate the jobs they'll be able to get with their degree
TopicImagine playing Mass Effect
Vertania
12/19/18 4:37:07 PM
#33
I literally saw this topic as I was finishing up creating a character in Andromeda for the first time.

I'm ashamed.
TopicImagine playing Mass Effect
Vertania
12/19/18 4:12:13 PM
#23
Musourenka posted...
Fair enough.

It's really all about survivability in 1.

In that case, Soldier with Electronics bonus training > all

Might be boring, but at least you won't die. Heavy armor, health regen, extra health, Immunity ability, buffed up shields...
TopicAre you a completionist in games?
Vertania
12/19/18 4:05:01 PM
#4
Used to be, but I don't have the time for it anymore. Aside from a few Assassin's Creeds, I don't think I've 100%'d a game in years.
TopicImagine playing Mass Effect
Vertania
12/19/18 4:03:20 PM
#10
Musourenka posted...
Engineer is the worst class in ME1.

ME1 has terrible gameplay, so class barely even matters.

I say that as someone who loved ME1 so much that I got all the achievements, then hated ME2 and didn't even bother playing ME3. ME2 at least had good gameplay, even if the story ruined it.
TopicImagine playing Mass Effect
Vertania
12/19/18 3:51:55 PM
#3
It is if you need to run through ME2 on the hardest difficulty.

Wouldn't choose it otherwise, though.
TopicHow many people here are racist?
Vertania
12/19/18 3:50:24 PM
#6
This topic won't last long.

...or it will and a bunch of people will get modded.
TopicPeople fleeing the Republican party
Vertania
12/19/18 3:20:05 PM
#31
Good. Hopefully they'll run to a third party instead of the Democrats.

It's not like a third party will ever have a chance in this country, but it should, ideally, tell the two main parties what stances people support and make them adopt those stances in order to win back voters.

I might actually vote Republican eventually if they'd drop the wacky religious bullshit and loosen up on drug policies. Likewise, I would feel better leaning Democrat again if they'd stop pushing so hard with the identity politics and "open border" stuff.
TopicAny love for the Vita?
Vertania
12/19/18 2:03:25 PM
#37
vocedelmorte posted...
I can't relate at all (insulted fanbase, really?)

This pretty much sums up my thoughts on it:
https://www.polygon.com/2017-best-games/2017/12/15/16735610/danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony-ending-goty-2017
There are many ways to interpret the finale. The most critical of them is that the games developer decided that the sadistic violence of Danganronpa is bad, and that the supporters of the franchise and, crucially, the supporters of their real-life game development studio are culpable in some way for the glorification of that violence. In reading the ending that way, its not hard to find something hypocritical and dismissive about the developers change of heart. It represents a tremendous amount of ungratefulness to the fan base, casting judgment upon them for patronizing such a ghoulish series of video games that the studio designed, marketed and sold.
TopicAny love for the Vita?
Vertania
12/19/18 1:16:16 PM
#35
vocedelmorte posted...
The ending was the best and i was literally in awe over it cause i didn't expected it from this game at all. It was one of the best game endings ever (to me). Not to mention that i enjoyed more humor, monokubs, and character interactions and
Korekiyo is a best boy

V3 did have some of the best characters tbh. Fucking loved the blue, acloholic, Gene-Simmons-wannabe Monokub "I've got a rock hard rager!"

Even though the ending was definitely unique, I just fucking hated it. Not only did it ignore almost all the story build up of the series and fail to address the post-DR1/2/UDG events, but it basically insulted the game's entire fanbase directly on top of that.
TopicAny love for the Vita?
Vertania
12/19/18 11:19:22 AM
#32
vocedelmorte posted...
Danganronpa 3>1>>>>2

Third just owned it so hard, second has the lamest characters in series

eeeehhhhh.....

I really, really didn't like the direction they took with it, mainly the ending. I haven't watched the anime of 3 yet, but it sounds a lot more like what I would have wanted.

Also, Ultra Despair Girls was probably one of the worst games I've ever played all the way through. Might have been slightly better on the PS4 with better controls though.
TopicHave you played the original Metroid?
Vertania
12/19/18 11:16:11 AM
#22
BeyondWalls posted...
Damn. Lol @ the crybabies in this thread. I beat this game with no map on my original NES back when I was 10. Its actually one of the easier Nintendo games.

It's less about the difficulty and more about the enemies being overly frustrating due to Samus' aiming controls. They're constantly flying around above you and respawning, but you can only aim straight up/down or try to jump and shoot them. Diagonal aiming would have made it much better.

I don't mind frustrating or difficult NES games, like Mega Man, but Metroid was so frustrating it just made me not want to bother trying.
TopicHave you played the original Metroid?
Vertania
12/19/18 9:20:30 AM
#20
I played it as a kid and thought it was kind of cool that you could basically free roam, but it was always too hard and confusing.

I tried replaying it over the years and still didn't like it. Just tried it again when it came out on Switch and I still think the controls and combat are terrible.

I'm sure I tried Zero Mission too, but I don't remember it.
TopicAny love for the Vita?
Vertania
12/19/18 9:16:47 AM
#30
Danganronpa 1 & 2 are easily the best games on the Vita imo.

I used to use my Vita all the time, but since they stopped really releasing games for it, I've gone back to catch up on the 3DS games I missed. I just realized last week that my Vita is still on FW 3.58, so I might be able to more use for it soon.
TopicYour reaction: Gamefaqs shuts down from 10pm-6am everyday as of Jan 1st.
Vertania
12/18/18 10:05:10 PM
#2
Not long enough.
TopicOnly 12% of black women list Sanders in their top 3 choices for 2020
Vertania
12/18/18 10:01:19 PM
#25
He'll be 79 in 2020. That's already over the average U.S. life expectancy. He'd be 83 by the time he finished his first term; 87 if he finished a second.
TopicIt only took them 20 years to recapture the feeling of Ocarina of Time...
Vertania
12/18/18 9:50:37 PM
#9
Delirious_Beard posted...
OoT is nothing like BoTW

This.

If anything, Dark Souls 1 came the closest to recapturing the feeling of OoT.
TopicPost rare but quality music
Vertania
12/18/18 9:43:36 PM
#6
TopicITT: All of your unpopular gaming opinions
Vertania
12/18/18 7:51:44 PM
#60
Alkaloid posted...
Zelda OOT has been surpassed by every subsequent 3D release. I say this as someone who played it at launch as a child

That's just straight up wrong. I could maybe understand if you prefer MM, WW, or even TP, but if you actually think Skyward Sword is a better game than OoT, there is something wrong with you.
RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Dark Souls is not a good series. Its difficulty comes mostly from how clunky and unresponsive it is.

This is also wrong. It's not unresponsive; you're just too used to mashing buttons without having to worry about stamina.
TopicWhy is it okay for French protesters to take to the streets, but not BLM?
Vertania
12/18/18 2:05:13 PM
#60
@A_Good_Boy posted...
Aren't a majority of those attacks being carried out by French citizens? Maybe we should take a bit more time and look into it a little but deeper than "they're Muslim".

Some were, but I doubt it was the majority. The attacks became a consistent thing at the end of 2014, which is when the Syrian refugee crisis saw the biggest spike.

So even if the majority of the attacks were by French citizens (and I'm not saying they were), almost every single one of them was directly linked to Islam/ISIS. If it wasn't immigrants carrying out the attacks, it was likely French citizens who were radicalized by the immigrants.

When ~90+% of the terror attacks are clearly and directly linked to Islam, exactly how much deeper do you want to go?
TopicWhy is it okay for French protesters to take to the streets, but not BLM?
Vertania
12/18/18 1:23:34 PM
#56
Anti-245 posted...
There's nothing left wing about the eu.

h5eGKEM
TopicWhy is it okay for French protesters to take to the streets, but not BLM?
Vertania
12/18/18 11:20:21 AM
#49
SchoolForAnts posted...
Lmao at their dumb that cannot be integrated bullshit. We know how that works... their idea of integration and compatibility is a skin color chart

If any country deserves to complain about failure to integrate, it's probably France. They've had 23 terror attacks in the last 3 years with over 230 deaths. And almost every one of them was by an Islamic extremist. Before the mass refugee immigration, there was less than one per year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_France
TopicWhy is it okay for French protesters to take to the streets, but not BLM?
Vertania
12/18/18 11:08:35 AM
#39
Anti-245 posted...
https://openrevolt.info/2018/12/10/yellow-vest-protestors-25-demands-for-a-free-france/

These are left wing positions here.

Most of them, yes. There's a few that seem right wing though, especially the bolded ones:
-Frexit: Leave the EU to regain our economic, monetary and political sovereignty
-Break up media monopolies and end their interference in politics.
-Guarantee citizens liberty by including in the constitution a complete prohibition on state interference in their decisions concerning education, health and family matters
-Reindustrialize France
-Prevent migratory flows that cannot be accommodated or integrated, given the profound civilizational crisis we are experiencing

Plus, the riots apparently started in response to the "eco-friendly" gas tax, which is more of a left wing thing.
TopicFavorite "Battle Royale" game?
Vertania
12/18/18 9:14:56 AM
#4
Black Ops 4

I don't even like the BR mode, but it's still less bad than the other BR games.
TopicWhy is it okay for French protesters to take to the streets, but not BLM?
Vertania
12/18/18 1:08:40 AM
#19
It really shouldn't be that hard to figure out.

The French riots are largely in response to the gas tax, which Macron pushed in order to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Why would you be surprised that the same people who praised Trump for dropping out of the Paris Agreement are suporting this?
TopicITT: Covers better than the original.
Vertania
12/18/18 12:11:13 AM
#22
TopicITT: All of your unpopular gaming opinions
Vertania
12/18/18 12:04:45 AM
#27
Lordgold666 posted...
Smeargle is my favorite pokemon

He's pretty much the best for catching other Pokemon. False Swipe, Spore, and Soak = easy mode.
TopicWhy is it okay for French protesters to take to the streets, but not BLM?
Vertania
12/17/18 11:41:45 PM
#5
Why is it okay to use tear gas in France, but not at the US border?
TopicDark Souls 3 is overrated
Vertania
12/17/18 11:17:30 PM
#32
DkS1 > DkS2 > SotFS > DeS > DkS3 > BB > DkS:R
TopicITT: All of your unpopular gaming opinions
Vertania
12/17/18 8:49:00 PM
#5
Uncharted 3 was the best in the series
Dark Souls II was the 2nd best Souls/BB game
OoT was the only great 3D Zelda
SM64 was the only great 3D Mario
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