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| Topic | Get ready for that red tide tonight |
| streamofthesky 11/06/18 11:39:09 AM #6 | Mead posted... a red tide is a terribly toxic and awful event in nature That's the best part about this topic. The perfect analogy for the modern Republican party, and now they'd proudly using it. When I hear "Blue Wave" I sarcastically think, "sure as hell beats a Red Tide." But to hear them use it intentionally is just so much better! |
| Topic | Longtime Republican, Captain SULLY urges Americans to vote DEMOCRATS!!! |
| streamofthesky 11/06/18 10:53:51 AM #3 | A lot of former Republicans have abandoned this current Republican party and either urged people to vote Democrat or become Democrat themselves. Hopefully people listen, and aren't fully under the sway of the Cult of Trump. Revelation34 posted... Nobody is right when it comes to politics. Disagree. There are "political opinions" that are plainly wrong. Some examples: - Separating asylum-seeking children from their parents is fine - "Deficits don't matter" (Dick Cheney) - The country was better off with slavery - Supply-side economics |
| Topic | Favorite temple in Ocarina of Time |
| streamofthesky 11/06/18 2:10:44 AM #8 | The Spirit Temple, and the Gerudo region in general, was the only area of OoT I really enjoyed. It just does everything right. Including the most memorable non-Ganon boss in the game and a mini-boss that breaks OoT's awful convention of "waiting for an opening = difficulty" and is an actual active fight. |
| Topic | Washington DC is LOWERING the VOTING AGE to SIXTEEN!!! |
| streamofthesky 11/05/18 6:55:12 PM #35 | Revelation34 posted... streamofthesky posted...Facebook is right-leaning now? Here, allow me to bold the actual comparison, to help you with your poor eyesight: streamofthesky posted... Zeus posted...streamofthesky posted...Revelation34 posted...16 year olds know nothing. Even a lot of 18 year olds don't. 16 year olds compared to adult low-information voters. Which could be any age above 17. Aren't you glad I clarified that for you? You're welcome! |
| Topic | HS Latino/Hispanic Kid gets his @$$ kicked by 64 Year Old Music Teacher! |
| streamofthesky 11/05/18 6:33:23 PM #21 | It's hard to tell what happened between the student throwing the basketball and the teacher throwing that punch. Whether the student did anything else in the interim, and how long apart the two actions were. Because the video is cut terribly. So it really depends on how it all pieces together. I don't agree w/ the idea that it's the faculty's job to be a punching bag in general, though. If a student assaults them, I have no problem with the teacher or janitor (in one poster's story above) hitting back, self-defense or not. So I'm inclined to side w/ the teacher, but it's hard to make a judgment call based on that edited video. |
| Topic | Washington DC is LOWERING the VOTING AGE to SIXTEEN!!! |
| streamofthesky 11/05/18 5:04:23 PM #30 | Zeus posted... streamofthesky posted...Currently, someone who's 16-17 at the time of the prior election and now 18 could be drafted to fight in a war and die by a Congress and President he never was even allowed to vote against taking office. As long as the draft exists, it is an issue. Zeus doesn't even know that members of the House of Representatives serve 2 year terms. Not surprising, next. Zeus posted... streamofthesky posted...Revelation34 posted...16 year olds know nothing. Even a lot of 18 year olds don't. Facebook is right-leaning now? Some teens have jobs and pay taxes, not that paying taxes is even a requirement to vote anyway. Teens will be around longer than the adults and will have to deal with the ever-growing pile of debt those adults saddle them with, so yeah, I think they do have an economic stake in it. |
| Topic | Why do you think it's so hard to git rid of D.S.T.? It seems like most |
| streamofthesky 11/05/18 1:59:00 AM #25 | Krazy_Kirby posted... does your car not have headlights? people can and do get up for work/school when it's still dark. Plus, they still have to drive home, which is now in the dark. I'd rather drive in the morning in darkness than have the rising sun blinding my weary eyes. |
| Topic | Why do you think it's so hard to git rid of D.S.T.? It seems like most |
| streamofthesky 11/04/18 10:07:16 PM #11 | Revelation34 posted... streamofthesky posted...Keep DST. It exists for a damn good reason! Sunlight hours in the evening > sunlight hours in the early morning |
| Topic | Why do you think it's so hard to git rid of D.S.T.? It seems like most |
| streamofthesky 11/04/18 9:35:24 PM #8 | Keep DST. Get rid of Uncommon Time (also known as "standard time" despite being used for only 5/12 of the year, so I think the new name fits better) |
| Topic | do you like sunwukung420? |
| streamofthesky 11/04/18 8:07:43 PM #10 | BloodWhen_iWipe posted... More than I like edededdy. Voted No, but I really wanted to vote for the above option. |
| Topic | Washington DC is LOWERING the VOTING AGE to SIXTEEN!!! |
| streamofthesky 11/04/18 10:31:28 AM #21 | Amuseum posted... "Educational" you mean "indoctrinational". When they are still learning about history and civics, is when they are easily influenced by their teachers' political leanings. Smells like bullshit.... Amuseum posted... For that matter, the barrier to vote is so low that allows stupid people to vote. Lets get everybody to vote is how you ended up with Trump. Duh. You should need at least HS diploma or GED to vote. https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/post-election-2016/voter-turnout Around 138 million Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election. From Business Insider. Doesn't seem like there were more voters in 2016 compared to the last few elections. |
| Topic | Washington DC is LOWERING the VOTING AGE to SIXTEEN!!! |
| streamofthesky 11/04/18 10:09:24 AM #19 | Revelation34 posted... 16 year olds know nothing. Even a lot of 18 year olds don't. To be fair, a lot of adults use Fox "News" or Facebook as their only news source, and thus know less than nothing (b/c a lot of what they "know" is bs). But they're allowed to vote. |
| Topic | Washington DC is LOWERING the VOTING AGE to SIXTEEN!!! |
| streamofthesky 11/04/18 1:18:05 AM #10 | Currently, someone who's 16-17 at the time of the prior election and now 18 could be drafted to fight in a war and die by a Congress and President he never was even allowed to vote against taking office. So allowing them to vote? Fair, next. |
| Topic | Who are your 3 favorite game developers? |
| streamofthesky 11/02/18 6:30:36 PM #39 | Mead posted... Pus_N_Pecans posted...Mead posted...Surprised at how many posters have only posted eastern devs Mead posted...  |
| Topic | Tomorrow comes an onslaught of endless Christmas marketing |
| streamofthesky 11/02/18 1:59:42 AM #15 | I do like Thanksgiving, though. Always have a great meal and then leftovers for days, and the advent of online shopping means I've spent the last 6 "Black Fridays" (it is now more of a 5 day event, yeah) at home sipping hot chocolate while surfing deals on my computer. Way better, and totally worth giving up on the doorbuster deals that there's only like 3 in the whole store for 5000 people to rush for anyway. |
| Topic | Tomorrow comes an onslaught of endless Christmas marketing |
| streamofthesky 11/02/18 12:16:57 AM #12 | BADoglick posted... Commercialism and terrible music has ruined Christmas for me. You mean "Trample other human beings to death for a chance at a $99 television" Day? |
| Topic | Tomorrow comes an onslaught of endless Christmas marketing |
| streamofthesky 10/31/18 9:39:33 PM #4 | Why are you declaring War on Christmas, ICOYAR? |
| Topic | Taylor Swift gets Political AGAIN and tells People NOT to fall for EXTREMISM!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/31/18 1:52:59 AM #6 | Kyuubi4269 posted... streamofthesky posted...Zeus posted...Do you mean is a girl with no more than a high school education -- much of which apparently involved homeschooling to accommodate her career -- qualified to speak about politics? You really think it requires more than a high school education to tell people to vote and to not blindly believe crazy conspiracy theories? She's not teaching calculus. |
| Topic | Taylor Swift gets Political AGAIN and tells People NOT to fall for EXTREMISM!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/31/18 1:45:11 AM #4 | Zeus posted... Do you mean is a girl with no more than a high school education -- much of which apparently involved homeschooling to accommodate her career -- qualified to speak about politics? The elitism above is staggering. Imagine if a liberal said the above about a conservative figure, and the fire storm that would ensue. |
| Topic | 3 Kids were KILLED after a 24 y/o CONSERVATIVE Girl in a TRUCK hit them!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/30/18 11:40:37 PM #4 | WTF?! It wasn't even like she was behind the bus for miles (even then, worst possible time to try and pass), it was going the opposite way. Literally have to sit through one brief stop and you're on your separate ways. Should get locked away for life, but she's a white woman and probably cried a bunch, so she'll be out in 15 years at most. |
| Topic | Reminder clocks fall back this weekend! |
| streamofthesky 10/30/18 6:54:55 PM #7 | faramir77 posted... OrangeDawn posted...Can't wait for it to be pitch black out at like 4:30 p.m. </3 I'd much rather drive to work in the dark than have the rising sun blinding my still-sleepy eyes. But driving home in the dark sucks. It's just depressing. In the summer, it's still bright out when you leave work and it's like, "I can still go outside and do stuff!" In the winter, exacerbated by being back on "uncommon time" (it's "standard time," yet we spend less than half the year in this supposed "standard". hmm...), the day is quite literally over by the time you get out of work. Ugh... I wish we just never left DST (ie, shift a time zone) |
| Topic | Trump wants to end birthright citizenship |
| streamofthesky 10/30/18 6:30:51 PM #75 | Mead posted... streamofthesky posted...Krazy_Kirby posted...Kyuubi4269 posted...SunWuKung420 posted...Kyuubi4269 posted...Britain colonised the whole planet, And gave the Mongols their first codified set of laws and a written language. And allowed religious freedom across his empire in a time when Europe was...let's just say a tad less religiously tolerant... And he pushed for promotions and titles earned by merit. And women had far more rights in the Mongol Empire than in Europe. Genghis Khan was awesome. Easily the most unfairly maligned historical figure there is. Though partly by his own design... He saw the value in winning without fighting at all, and avoiding the casualties on both sides that fighting brings, so he liked having ridiculous and exaggerated claims of his brutality against those who opposed him spread...so the next group would surrender without a fight. |
| Topic | Humble THQ Nordic PlayStation Bundle 2 (PS4 games only) |
| streamofthesky 10/30/18 6:25:06 PM #10 | Giana Sisters for $1, awesome! |
| Topic | Trump wants to end birthright citizenship |
| streamofthesky 10/30/18 6:22:56 PM #72 | Krazy_Kirby posted... Kyuubi4269 posted...SunWuKung420 posted...Kyuubi4269 posted...Britain colonised the whole planet, Technically, he "only" conquered a lot of the world and set up the armies and policies that allowed his son Ogedai and his various grandsons to continue the expansion for over half a century after his death, because he had to spend the first half of his life just consolidating power and establishing his army. Which is still damn impressive (usually after one dude massively expands his empire, much of the gains vanish quickly after his death, never mind continued expansion). But technically the height of the Mongol Empire existed well after his death. |
| Topic | Something I've noticed recently, is that people do not make game guides anymore. |
| streamofthesky 10/29/18 12:24:18 PM #19 | I miss game guides, with everything in one source. Now a lot of games, especially lesser known ones that don't get huge wikis created for them, I need to save a list of links to various places to see how different battle mechanics / crafting / etc... works. Some games are simpler. A lot have introduced weird or very detailed subsystems, without really explaining how it works to the player, and the non-physical manuals are always much less info than the old school ones were. Like, here's my link list For Xenoblade Chronicles X.... Search engine!: birdonwheels5.no-ip.org/xenoblade/index.php Probes: www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/72970915 Gathering guide (all continents): imgur.com/a/0fDln Squad Missions: www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/72945335 Squad tasks: www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/72997529 Collectopedia items: www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/73084765 Probe layouts: www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/72969200 FN site info map: i.imgur.com/ljP71wt.jpg Research/storage/duplicator locations: www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/comments/ 3yunpi/research_probesstorageduplicator_probes_in_all_my/ M-Missile Build: youtu.be/2Rn60O-Br9A?t=296 238K Storage: imgur.com/a/PA5xD 300K storage: bozumemo.blogspot.jp/2015/05/x30.html Ultra Infinite Armor locations: www.gamefaqs.com/boards/701151-xenoblade-chronicles-x/73179745 Class stat adjustments: i.imgur.com/5uxiUwI.png (Had to put a space in the reddit link for it to fit) In the olden days, one dedicated mad man would compile a single giant FAQ covering all that crap. |
| Topic | Who are your 3 favorite game developers? |
| streamofthesky 10/29/18 12:13:40 PM #30 | Pus_N_Pecans posted... Mead posted...Surprised at how many posters have only posted eastern devs This. I did include Wayforward at least. The Shantae and Mighty Switch Force series are great, and I loved Double Dragon Neon. |
| Topic | Are you planning on voting in the midterm elections? |
| streamofthesky 10/28/18 7:22:32 PM #11 | Already did. None of my votes will matter, but it just felt good to stick it to the republicans. Been seeing a lot of conservatives hoping the Republicans lose big this year, and I'm one of them. slacker03150 posted... I am of the mind that Dems are not owed my vote just because the Republicans suck recently, even now I would not have voted for Hilary in the 2016 elections, but Republicans are doing all they can to make me bite the bullet and just vote straight Dem in this next one. Same. I've always been unaffiliated, and could not vote for Hillary in 2016 (voted for Gary Johnson, an actual moderate conservative). I've NEVER voted straight-party before in my life, but this year? Oh yeeeeaaaah! Just do it. It feels good. Cleansing. |
| Topic | Who are your 3 favorite game developers? |
| streamofthesky 10/28/18 5:10:46 PM #9 | Platinum Games Monolith Soft Atlus Nintendo Wayforward Technologies Koei-Tecmo I couldn't narrow it down to just 3. Deal with it. :p |
| Topic | 34 y/o Indiana Drunk Driver had to have his Legs and his PENIS AMPUTATED!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/28/18 4:52:22 PM #7 | adjl posted... Monopoman posted...Well at least he is mending his ways, I don't have much sympathy for drunk drivers. Drunk drivers play a very dangerous game when they choose to drive while drunk and they are putting lives at risk. Yeah, I think they deserve decades in prison, but they don't deserve to lose the entire lower half of their body. At least no one else was harmed by his recklessness. |
| Topic | Hypothesis: Boomers hate millennials because they remind them of their parents |
| streamofthesky 10/28/18 4:47:24 PM #8 | I don't think it's hatred. It's probably apathy. Most boomers are just greedy jerks, who'd be fine w/ the earth being uninhabitable for human life in 50 years if it meant they'd each get a $1000 check in the mail, because it won't be their problem. I definitely think we have a lot more in common w/ our grandparents than our parents. I certainly do... My parents hoard stupid plastic junk. My grandparents stockpiled food and necessities. My parents get take out all the time and almost never cook. My grandparents almost never ate out, cooking all their meals at home and in general eating more healthy. My parents divorced and treated relationships frivolously. My grandparents were married to each other until death did them part. My parents like the stock market. My grandparents were leery of it and only did limited investing in it. Really, my entire outlook on life has largely boiled down to, "learn from my grandparents, and try to have as little in common with my parents' lifestyle choices as possible." |
| Topic | The Simpsons is removing Apu from the show |
| streamofthesky 10/28/18 10:44:58 AM #54 | I remember a few years ago, some dumb ass came on the Daily Show as their interview, arguing why Apu needed to be taken off the Simpsons. Normally I'll try to listen to the arguments of someone I vehemently disagree with to see if they have a point, or if they don't...try and understand their psychosis. But, like Glenn Beck or Alex Jones, this dude was so pants-on-head stupid that I just couldn't take it anymore and changed the channel. But apparently in the end, he won... Yikes. |
| Topic | Artichoke is like the cheese of vegetables |
| streamofthesky 10/27/18 11:34:30 AM #11 | faramir77 posted... I used to go to a pizza place that had artichoke hearts on their pizza. It was good. Yeah, at college there was a place where I could get artichoke and cheese tortellini on a pizza, and it was good! Artichoke was best in a pasta, though. |
| Topic | Bomb-sending suspect is a registered republican |
| streamofthesky 10/26/18 8:39:00 PM #19 | Smarkil posted... Why are people acting like this is the only nutbag that has existed? Smarkil's feeling threatened by this news not looking too good for "his side." Quick! He must reach for that "Whataboutism" lever immediately! |
| Topic | Bomb-sending suspect is a registered republican |
| streamofthesky 10/26/18 8:27:45 PM #15 | MrMelodramatic posted... Seen his van? Is it like "rolling probable cause"? |
| Topic | Bomb-sending suspect is a registered republican |
| streamofthesky 10/26/18 2:06:14 PM #12 | ParanoidObsessive posted... Blighboy posted...It's a politically motivated terrorist attack dude Trump literally praised the Montana senator for his unprovoked assault on a journalist. He encourages his followers to harm those he considers enemies. |
| Topic | Is it normal to feel pain throughout your entire body when you sneeze? |
| streamofthesky 10/26/18 10:09:33 AM #18 | Sometimes when I sneeze violently enough, I feel a pain and slight reverberation through the bones in my face, and in my ribs and down my shoulders and the upper part of my arms. The pain in my upper body (not so much the face) is akin to....like it kind of feels like the bones have been sucked hollow and feel suddenly brittle and weak. It goes away after a short time, but it's pretty unpleasant and unnerving when it happens. |
| Topic | I'm in line to vote |
| streamofthesky 10/26/18 10:05:56 AM #6 | lihlih posted... MrMelodramatic posted...Voting for Beto It'd be so sweet to see him lose his job. Even other Republicans hated his guts (like the infamous Lindsay Graham quip about getting away w/ murdering him on the Senate floor w/ everyone there witnessing it) until he started sucking up to Trump, and Trump in turn said nice things about him. He's one of the biggest scumbags there is. Really hoping Beto can pull off the miracle and defeat a Republican in a Texas state-wide election... |
| Topic | Georgia Mayor will ROUND UP 25-30 PEDOPHILES on HALLOWEEN for 3 HOURS!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/26/18 9:58:21 AM #12 | Muscles posted... On one hand, who cares? They're just pedophiles Are they even, though? mrduckbear posted... He said "In order to ensure the safety of our children, all sex offenders (on Probation) in the City o f Grovetown (area) will be housed dint he Council Chambers on Halloween night from 6pm-9pm. There are approx 25-30 offenders and they will be oversen by the GA Dept of Community Supervision District 10 (4 officers) and accompanied by one Grovetown officer" I'm asking, b/c duckbear is seldom a 100% accurate reporter of facts. But if the above is true, sex offenders includes way more than just pedos. Could be grapists or molesters (of adults), could be streakers/nudists, can even be dudes caught urinating in an alley or such. Oh, and guys (always guys) who were like 18-19 dating a 17 year old girl (always a girl in the younger case) where her parents didn't like him and called the cops on him b/c he was technically breaking the law, even though that's stupid and many states (not GA; I recall a case years ago from there exactly like this) have statutes to prevent such abuse of laws. Muscles posted... On the other hand, this could lead to a slippery slope with many civil rights violations And in the end, yes this. Zeus posted... It's completely ridiculous, pointless, and likely a civil rights violation. Agreed. |
| Topic | Tabletop rpg, whats up with PvP |
| streamofthesky 10/24/18 9:36:31 PM #17 | darkknight109 posted... Lokarin posted...This reminds me of the Chaotic Evil argument... some people hate when there are Chaotic Evil party members 'cuz they think they'll be required to backstab the party. Uh...I disagree. Lawful is also not a great name for the opposing alignment, and a lawful character doesn't need to follow or respect the laws of a town if it conflicts with their own personal beliefs (classic example: LG or most LN characters would not "respect" local laws allowing slavery and requiring people to inform the guards of any escaped slaves they notice). It's the "lawful" alignment that's all about having a strict personal code the person adheres to. whether it's due to the law of his home, the law of his god, or just his own inner moral code. "Chaotic" alignment indicates the absence of such an inner code. |
| Topic | Tabletop rpg, whats up with PvP |
| streamofthesky 10/24/18 9:28:52 PM #14 | A nonlethal fair duel or spar between two PCs can be done, and is fine. I've had plenty of those, they're fun. That's often not what PvP is. PvP is often not a mutually agreed upon situation, done openly and fairly. It's often someone stealing from another party member. Or murdering him in his sleep. Or betraying the party in the middle of a fight when they're hurt and vulnerable. At least IME, PvP is often opportunistic, craven, and self-serving. Hence why it's so despised. In a tabletop game, you're placing a fair amount of trust in each other. You're roleplaying characters, but it's not actually you, so your character's not getting the subtle body language and voice tone cues that their "friend" might not be so friendly that would happen if it were truly two people spending all day around each other in real life. Not to mention how almost always the party just meets in a tavern or something and never knew each other beforehand. Realistically, you probably shouldn't trust such people so readily and completely, but players forfeit that apprehension for the sake of not grinding the game to a paranoid halt. When someone attacks or cheats another player's character, he's essentially exploiting that goodwill and unearned trust for his own thrills/benefit, at the other player's expense. It's pretty vile. |
| Topic | Would you drive The Homer? |
| streamofthesky 10/23/18 7:52:59 PM #14 | I thought it was called, "The Persephone" |
| Topic | Is your favorite song by your favorite band? |
| streamofthesky 10/20/18 12:45:49 PM #5 | Nope. My favorite song is Samurai Heart by Hiroko Moriguchi. It's just a great song/melody, I like the lyrics, and partly nostalgia from my favorite childhood anime.  So much for posting the instrumental adaptations... My favorite band/musician is Enigma. Overall, Enigma has way more songs in my "top 20/100/whatever" than Hiroko, but she is my favorite singer. |
| Topic | Foxxbox ARRESTED in Thailand for Spray Painting Sacred Wall |
| streamofthesky 10/19/18 4:11:52 PM #12 | TheWorstPoster posted... beautiful TheWorstPoster posted... coherent Glad we have the expert on these topics here to enlighten us. |
| Topic | Michigan Woman is DENIED MEDICATION from a PHARMACIST because he's CHRISTIAN!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/19/18 3:49:22 PM #23 | Golden Road posted... Zeus posted...Go to a different pharmacist? There are tons of atheist and satanic ones. Facts have never troubled Zeus before, why would they now? |
| Topic | Foxxbox ARRESTED in Thailand for Spray Painting Sacred Wall |
| streamofthesky 10/19/18 3:44:17 PM #6 | Red_Frog posted... Death penalty. |
| Topic | My top 10 anime so far |
| streamofthesky 10/18/18 4:15:56 PM #38 | Also, forgot Urusei Yatsura and Lupin the 3rd, damn... make mine a top 12. |
| Topic | My top 10 anime so far |
| streamofthesky 10/18/18 4:03:07 PM #36 | Mead posted... Cowboy Bebop is so good that you can compare it with other shows that arent anime, thats pretty rare You make it sound like anime is in general inferior to other television, which is decidedly not true. Especially modern US television with all the damn reality tv shows. |
| Topic | My top 10 anime so far |
| streamofthesky 10/17/18 1:34:51 AM #20 | Ronin Warriors Gundam Wing Trigun Cowboy Bebop High School DxD Code Geass Record of Lodoss War Golden Boy Read or Die Excel Saga I guess. In no particular order. |
| Topic | A Minimum Wage Map shows CONSERVATIVES are making a SHOCKING 7.25 an HOUR!!! |
| streamofthesky 10/16/18 2:50:17 AM #14 | Min wage should be increased to whatever amount it should be if one were to look at the min. wage from decades ago and adjust for inflation. It should from then onwards be indexed to inflation. And some areas will need higher min wage than others (say, an area where a 3 bedroom house costs $100,000 and an apartment is $500/month vs. one where the house costs $500,000 and rent is $2500/month), so the federal min wage is just the bare minimum level. |
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