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| Topic | Trump presented week old Dorian map altered with sharpie to include Alabama |
| adjl 09/07/19 4:30:17 PM #65 | Broken_Zeus posted... Phantom_Nook posted...and now Trump is getting the NOAA to lie for him. adjl posted... So... rather than waiting for the NWS to make an actual statement to that effect (which would presumably include actual probabilities and other useful information), he took a sharpie to an existing map so he could prove he wasn't wrong? You're not exactly doing your lord and cheeto any favours there, dude. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Why do people hate GMOs? |
| adjl 09/07/19 4:28:42 PM #16 | The biggest concern (outside of the general distrust of science and corporations and Monsanto's specific douchebaggery) is that nobody really knows what the long-term effects of any of these modifications could be. It certainly wouldn't be the first time that something people thought was safe (and was marketed as safe by the companies peddling it) turned out to be very harmful decades down the line (asbestos and tobacco are two very notorious examples of this). Conceptually, there's nothing wrong with the idea, but I can understand people being a bit wary of potential undiscovered side effects. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Would you eat plant-based "meat substitute"? |
| adjl 09/07/19 4:23:30 PM #40 | captpackrat posted... Sarcasthma posted...PyroBlade1985 posted...No. And I'll never eat bugs either. On a less insectual but equally icky note, many artificial flavourings and scents make use of castoreum, a substance extracted from the anal scent glands of beavers. Beaver butt juice is in a good chunk of processed food. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | 20+ books? Is that all? |
| adjl 09/06/19 8:17:29 PM #22 | Bulbasaur posted... also 20+ encompasses any amount over 20 And, realistically, is a reasonable lower bound to use there, given that even people who are reading on a reasonably regular basis aren't likely to exceed that number by much. Given the results, going with 30+ and having a 21-30 option would probably have been more reasonable, since this poll question would be expected to have fewer people choosing the highest option if the response are structured properly, but they nonetheless have covered every possibility. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Mexicans and Canadians are Americans |
| adjl 09/06/19 8:12:02 PM #13 | Cacciato posted... Dont know why people get all pissy when the USA shortens it to America. It's not our fault the founding fathers couldn't come up with an actual name, rather than just "we're going to be a bunch of states that are united in North America." --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Trump presented week old Dorian map altered with sharpie to include Alabama |
| adjl 09/06/19 8:10:12 PM #53 | TheWorstPoster posted... https://thehill.com/news-by-subject/energy-environment/460315-noaa-releases-statement-saying-it-told-trump-hurricane So... rather than waiting for the NWS to make an actual statement to that effect (which would presumably include actual probabilities and other useful information), he took a sharpie to an existing map so he could prove he wasn't wrong? You're not exactly doing your lord and cheeto any favours there, dude. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | If you don't care who is president, you should vote for Andrew Yang |
| adjl 09/06/19 8:05:53 PM #57 | Noop_Noop posted... adjl posted...That's a whole lot of words with no useful semantic content. Been taking lessons, have we? Again, a whole lot of talking, nothing of value. You must be terribly bored. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | If you don't care who is president, you should vote for Andrew Yang |
| adjl 09/05/19 9:45:27 PM #42 | That's a whole lot of words with no useful semantic content. Been taking lessons, have we? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Jussie Smollet new defense: I didn't know police would really investigate |
| adjl 09/05/19 12:32:07 PM #6 | I don't see that convincing much of anyone. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Trump presented week old Dorian map altered with sharpie to include Alabama |
| adjl 09/05/19 12:29:17 PM #20 | Peterass posted... So what? Falsifying a weather report is illegal for very good reasons. Doing so because he feels that's preferable to admitting he was wrong about the storm's track reflects an extremely dangerous degree of narcissism (which doesn't surprise anyone that has been paying any attention and doesn't worship him, but something even more incontrovertible than usual is fun) that everyone should be concerned about. You're defending a president who would rather scare people and forge distrust in the US Weather Service than admit he made a mistake. You shouldn't want to do that. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Student ATTACKED 10 Years Ago has DIED..and his ATTACKERS are already FREE!!! |
| adjl 09/04/19 2:45:27 PM #26 | Broken_Zeus posted... ...he says while ignoring that Gamefaqs was apparently serious business enough that somebody would jump on an alt to make ridiculous accusations instead of associating those accusations with his real account. Yes, I am indeed ignoring that. Do you know why? Because nobody cares. Get over yourself. Muscles posted... his death wasn't really related to the assault seeing as he was on vacation with his family and they couldn't get him to the hospital in time That he died because the medical needs arising from the assault weren't met doesn't change the fact that the assault ultimately killed him. If you were to shoot a man in the leg and he bled to death because the ambulance that would otherwise have saved his life took a wrong turn and didn't get there in time, you've still murdered that man. The fact that he would have survived with better medical care is irrelevant to that. Personally, I think it would be appropriate for attempted murder charges to carry an automatic jail sentence that lasts until it is certain that the victim will survive. Beat a guy into a coma? You have no chance of getting out of jail until he wakes up. If he never wakes up? Then you've effectively murdered him and would deserve a life sentence anyway, so it works out. If he dies? You get upgraded to murder and get your time served credited to your life sentence. He wakes up a week later? You wait for your sentencing hearing to be scheduled. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Planters Cocoa Peanuts are legal crack |
| adjl 09/04/19 2:32:27 PM #4 | HANGtheDJ_86 posted... Yeah, but I bet they don't come out as good when I make my own Does that just entail candying them and rolling them in cocoa? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Student ATTACKED 10 Years Ago has DIED..and his ATTACKERS are already FREE!!! |
| adjl 09/04/19 12:39:21 PM #20 | Muscles posted... it would set a terrible precedent to charge them again, double jeopardy is illegal for a reason I'm not sure this would qualify as double jeopardy, though. The charges would be different (murder vs. assault), and the facts of the case have changed (the guy died). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Student ATTACKED 10 Years Ago has DIED..and his ATTACKERS are already FREE!!! |
| adjl 09/04/19 12:14:26 PM #18 | Sounds like clear-cut murder to me. There's potentially a case to be made that their time in jail reformed them, given that they got out early, and that they shouldn't go to jail for the murder because there's no further point, but charges should absolutely be laid. Let them make that defense in court. Broken_Zeus posted... Once again somebody hides behind an alt while hurling spurious accusations at me, ensuring that their actual account suffers no such consequence for the nonsense. Oh man. GameFAQs is serious business. Can't have people evading consequences! Get over yourself. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Upcoming recession will destroy millennials. |
| adjl 09/04/19 10:38:00 AM #145 | Noop_Noop posted... Sorry you fuckers either never learned how or never wanted to put forth the effort required to game the system. Ah yes, let's blame those who didn't game the system, not the system that needed to be gamed in the first place. That's a sustainable way to run a country. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Vegan takes neighbors to court for cooking meat and fish in their backyard |
| adjl 09/04/19 10:22:35 AM #40 | I'm pretty sure they put their barbecue outside so they wouldn't blow up their house, not to force her to smell what they were barbecuing. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | i'm scared this new mobile mario kart will be the platform moving forward, ok? |
| adjl 09/03/19 11:59:32 AM #2 | Depends how well the game itself turns out. If they have to make a lot of compromises in terms of content to get the game working on a weaker platform, there'll still be a sizable market for better-quality MK games on consoles, particularly where it's one of the few major local multiplayer franchises left. There also likely will not be that much of a market for mobile sequels, so any further development on a full-game scale will likely result in a new console game instead of a mobile one. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Kevin Hart critically injured in car crash |
| adjl 09/03/19 11:54:48 AM #21 | EvilMegas posted... Broken_Zeus posted...Monopoman posted...Mead posted...Dang those pics of the car make it look pretty bad In the media, maybe, but not for doctors. If doctors describe somebody as being in critical condition, that should be interpreted as "they will die if we don't do something immediately, and still might die despite our best efforts." The phrase shows up more often than it ought to in media because it sounds very dramatic (though it doesn't actually show up anywhere in this article). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I don't understand cultures that only eat super hot things. |
| adjl 09/03/19 11:50:03 AM #10 | CTLM posted... I always believed it had to do with lack of refrigeration and they still do it now because it's part of their culture Pretty much. The cuisines in question developed to favour strong spices to mask the taste of spoiled food (not necessarily dangerously spoiled, but spoiled enough to taste unpleasant), and that preference has stuck despite the invention and ready availability of refrigeration because it's the sort of flavour everyone's come to expect. You grow up eating something, it's generally what you're going to like eating as an adult. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Have you ever been a victim of wage theft |
| adjl 09/03/19 11:38:00 AM #5 | Not to any significant degree, and usually quite voluntarily if it does happen (i.e. choosing to skip a break to get something done, or helping out with something for a couple minutes after clocking out). I can't say I've ever felt pressured into that, thankfully. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | They told us at orientation not to "hook up" with our cohorts |
| adjl 09/02/19 12:44:24 PM #25 | Mead posted... Ive only ever heard the word cohorts used to describe things like criminals and mischief doers That just makes me think of "cahoots," not cohorts. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | New Texas laws: Illegal to send unsolicited nude photos |
| adjl 09/01/19 8:41:35 PM #41 | MICHALECOLE posted... ninja_lootz posted...Why does this need to be a law? Why can't dating sites/apps deal with this shit themselves? The best they could do would be to let victims report offenders and ban accounts accordingly, but with the number of dating sites out there and the relative ease of making spare accounts, that wouldn't end up doing all that much. That would also happen on a site by site basis, meaning most wouldn't want to take the revenue hit that would come with being the first one to do it (since offenders would just go to a competitor's site, so long as any existed that didn't crack down on it). Enforcing it at a legal level is a much more effective approach, since it's both a significant punishment and it would be applied to all sites. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Girl REFUSED to give her KIDNEY to GRANDPA cause he's KKK..and now he's DEAD!!! |
| adjl 09/01/19 3:12:07 PM #26 | mooreandrew58 posted... adjl posted...mooreandrew58 posted...Nichtcrawler X posted...Full Throttle posted...No. blood should be thicker than water no matter politics It's only ever brought up to try and guilt trip somebody into valuing their family over anyone else, despite having no actual weight beyond being a popular saying (well, and the fact that blood is literally thicker than water, but physics has little bearing on relationships). The fact that it actually means the opposite of that (that the relationships you cultivate are more meaningful than the ones you're born into) just makes using it even sillier. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Super Mario Odyssey is overrated imo |
| adjl 09/01/19 3:08:03 PM #26 | green dragon posted... I know mario odyssey recieved a '97' on metacritic and was gonna say that he recieved better scores than the other mario games... Yeah, main series Mario games tend to be exceptionally well-reviewed. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | New Texas laws: Illegal to send unsolicited nude photos |
| adjl 09/01/19 2:46:05 PM #13 | LinkPizza posted... adjl posted...Sure, you can avoid it, but that doesn't mean it's not an unpleasant experience. Flashing's already illegal, so why not extend that to the digital equivalent? For reasons you've yet to articulate. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Girl REFUSED to give her KIDNEY to GRANDPA cause he's KKK..and now he's DEAD!!! |
| adjl 09/01/19 1:53:57 PM #24 | mooreandrew58 posted... Nichtcrawler X posted...Full Throttle posted...No. blood should be thicker than water no matter politics Yep, which means exactly the opposite of how the saying is often misappropriated. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | This is still one of the most painful sketches I've ever seen. |
| adjl 09/01/19 1:50:33 PM #3 | That sketch is not available in my country. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | New Texas laws: Illegal to send unsolicited nude photos |
| adjl 09/01/19 1:50:00 PM #5 | WastelandCowboy posted... Austin-based attorney J.T. Morris, who specializes in First Amendment cases, said the Texas law will face enforcement difficulties as well as legal challenges for being overly broad and vague. Yeah, that's gonna take some ironing out to get the nuance right. I'm reminded of my mother having difficulty doing breastfeeding research at work (she's a doctor who specializes in lactation consulting) because the hospital's filters blocked any instance of the word "breast" as a porn site. That wasn't exactly working as intended. LinkPizza posted... Honestly, its not hard to not look at a photo. And if they sent nudes you didnt want to see, dont go into the convo anymore. It's not that difficult to just look away from a flasher. And if they flash you, just don't go to that park anymore. Sure, you can avoid it, but that doesn't mean it's not an unpleasant experience. Flashing's already illegal, so why not extend that to the digital equivalent? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Super Mario Odyssey is overrated imo |
| adjl 09/01/19 1:43:45 PM #23 | User728 posted... DirtBasedSoap posted...@User728 you have awful opinions if you legit think its better than galaxy 2 lmao Except the more linear ones worked fantastically as 3D platformers that focused on platforming instead of exploration, while being different experiences from the 2D games. It's almost like different people like different styles of games and "A game of X style shouldn't be made" is a hilariously arrogant thing to say! --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | No One Talking About The Straight Pride Parade Today? |
| adjl 09/01/19 1:41:43 PM #47 | Noop_Noop posted... call it a gay rights pride parade since thats what theyre actually supposed proud of. the rights they fought for. Except I just said that coming out is also something to be proud of. Try to keep up, little one. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | So my surgery is on Thursday. |
| adjl 09/01/19 11:19:58 AM #4 | You may have some swelling that will make sitting down uncomfortable. Maybe bring a cushion and make sure you can adjust your chair to let you spread your legs nice and wide. Otherwise, I would guess you'll be alright. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Super Mario Odyssey is overrated imo |
| adjl 09/01/19 11:16:35 AM #18 | It wasn't particularly challenging, but it was a delight to play. Just plain fun from start to finish, with a bit of a hiccup in trying for 100% because the coin grind for the last few costumes kind of sucked (and even then, it wasn't a bad grind, it just stood out like a sore thumb because it was at odds with how well-designed the rest of the game was). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | So my surgery is on Thursday. |
| adjl 09/01/19 11:12:32 AM #2 | What part of you are they operating on? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | No One Talking About The Straight Pride Parade Today? |
| adjl 09/01/19 11:11:13 AM #43 | Noop_Noop posted... Don't get me wrong: I see no reason why sexuality, gender, or race is anything to be proud of since they are supposed to be things you're born with and pride is supposed to be for things you actually accomplish, but hey, people is dum I'd call coming out as gay an accomplishment, given the likelihood that you incur hardship by doing so. Less so for young people today, since the movement as a whole has accomplished a lot in that regard, but we're still very much not at a point where nobody has to fear coming out. The concept of being proud to be openly gay is valid, and since you can't really express pride in being gay without also being openly gay, the transitive property validates gay pride. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Untitled Goose Game launching Sep 20th |
| adjl 08/31/19 5:53:42 PM #10 | Finally. There have been very few game delays that upset me as much as this one did. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | No One Talking About The Straight Pride Parade Today? |
| adjl 08/31/19 5:50:11 PM #26 | Lokarin posted... Which of these notes is correct? Neither. Everyone should put the lid down to avoid filling the bathroom with aerosolized feces. The seat is irrelevant. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Aside from being against the death penalty, has Zeus ever espoused a left ideal? |
| adjl 08/30/19 10:39:00 AM #49 | Kyuubi4269 posted... Neo-nazis do have distinctions from Nazis though. They're not good, but they're not the same. They're not good for the same reasons, though. The primary difference between Neo-Nazis and historical Nazis is the opportunity they've had to do harm. If you want to keep that difference, you keep shutting them down like the Nazi garbage they are. Kyuubi4269 posted... Literally. Yep. I would consider Hitler rising from the grave (or coming out of hiding, depending on how dead you believe he is) and using absurd pedantry to annoy people on the Internet to discourage them from discussing the evils of Nazism in an effort to allow the ideology to gain more traction to be the worst case scenario. Not the most plausible, but I struggle to think of any way to interpret these events that would be worse. Broken_Zeus posted... Pretending that not-Nazis are Nazis explicitly distracts from the ability to criticize Nazis. I've asked you this before, and I don't believe you've ever given me an answer: Do you seriously believe that anyone reading a commentary on Neo-Nazis in which the "Neo-" is not explicitly included doesn't understand that the commentary is not talking about time-travelling members of the historical Nazi party? Broken_Zeus posted... No, I want a system of regulations to decrease the dangers of alcohol within our society, something you SHOULD be on-board with if you pretend to hold leftist views. What, like making drunk driving a criminal offense and requiring bartenders and other liquor salespeople to refuse to sell alcohol to anyone who seems like they'll be problematically drunk? Yeah, I'm on board with that. Those also already exist, so... Broken_Zeus posted... And when it comes to regulating alcohol, it's overwhelmingly been done by social progressives who, by the way, even played a heavy hand in prohibition. Why, yes, making major social changes has indeed historically tended to come from socially progressive groups. It's almost like making significant changes is the opposite of the conservative philosophy of keeping things the same. Who knew? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Superbeat: Xonic is on sale on the Switch for 97% off |
| adjl 08/29/19 8:35:56 PM #18 | Nifty. Just grabbed it for 113 out of the 131 points I had lying around, so I didn't even need to blow the whole dollar they wanted (Canadian prices). Guess I'll see if it's any good. aDirtyShisno posted... Error1355 posted...I got it for free with my Nintendo Coin balance lol. I believe the coins do expire, so you should try to use them more often. There's really no reason to hoard them, given that the rewards system they've got now is pretty weak. Using them to reduce the prices of digital purchases is likely to be your best bet. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | why disney isn't giving elsa a romantic partner in frozen's sequel |
| adjl 08/29/19 11:22:31 AM #16 | It would kind of ruin her whole Ice Queen image if she hooked up with somebody. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Aside from being against the death penalty, has Zeus ever espoused a left ideal? |
| adjl 08/29/19 9:36:18 AM #25 | Kyuubi4269 posted... How is pedantry about specificity extreme? Because it distracts from efforts to criticize Nazism. At best, it's clueless. At worst, it's literally Hitler. Broken_Zeus posted... I'm moderately libertarian Dude, you want Prohibition back (at least morally. I believe you do acknowledge that it didn't work and therefore shouldn't be tried again). That's about as anti-Libertarian as you can get. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How is MAGA racist again? |
| adjl 08/29/19 9:30:00 AM #98 | Kyuubi4269 posted... Oh it's so unrealistic that somebody would take their faith seriously. If by "take their faith seriously," you mean "follow every single rule and tenet their religion has," then yes, it is unrealistic. Nobody from any religion does that. With many religions, it's physically impossible to do that. If by "take their faith seriously," you mean "rely on their faith for advice on how to live their life better," then that is a much more realistic expectation, but not one that allows you to assume that any given Muslim wants to orchestrate the downfall of Western society. Quite simply, consider how many Muslims exist that aren't terrorists, and practice a more moderate interpretation of Islam. Even if you are going to make assumptions about people instead of getting to know them first, the odds are not in favour of assuming that Muslims are terrorists. Kyuubi4269 posted... Why would you not just say it's discriminatory then? Because it was discriminatory for me to decide not to cut up a peach and put it on my cereal this morning. Logically speaking, discrimination is such a broad concept that the term is virtually meaningless without context, and if somebody needs to be told their discrimination is wrong, context is unable to provide them with that meaning. That makes it exceedingly easy to handwave away. Being unable to explain why religious discrimination isn't functionally identical to racism, however, is a much harder position to be in. I like making the bastards squirm. As I said earlier, it's also a decent test for identifying whether or not a person actually understands why racism is bad. Kyuubi4269 posted... You're arguing with me excessively verbosely so you have no grounds to argue expedience. Persuasive arguing is a time for expanding. I'm not going to sacrifice clarity for expedience here, because the whole reason I'm making this argument is to explain it in detail. That would defeat the purpose. SKARDAVNELNATE posted... This is why it's necessary to control the influx of immigrants. Oh, sure. Completely open borders are generally pretty impractical. The argument, however, then becomes "too many people are coming in uncontrolled and we need to limit that" not "people are coming in illegally and we need to stop that." The attitude from many is that even one illegal immigrant is too many, when the fact that the US has continued to function just fine despite having a whole lot more than that for its entire existence demonstrates that that is not remotely the case. Ergo, there's not much grounds for the massive crackdown on illegal immigration that the "build the wall" crowd wants. Sahuagin posted... - judging people based on their ideological beliefs is not unreasonable or immoral It is if you presume those beliefs instead of ascertaining them directly. Sahuagin posted... - muslims will happily tell you how much they support the worst parts of their religious teachings, and will even happily tell you that there are no moderate muslims *Some muslims. Blanket statements are stupid. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Ugh. Switching from Switch to PlayStation. |
| adjl 08/28/19 10:48:53 PM #8 | What was really bad was trying to go between playing MH3U on the WiiU and Dark Souls with a 360 controller. I had to give up on that idea and focus on one game at a time. Having B be the dodge button for both games but be in different places on each controller was impossible to keep track of. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Why do people always fight about glitched speedruns? |
| adjl 08/28/19 10:35:48 AM #22 | GrimCyclone posted... Actually, it's not difficult at all. The adults who don't even play games sit at a table and decide rules. Then they let the kids play the games. And when one does something they deem a glitch, *buzzer* you're out. You're really weird. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | The best part of Star Wars Ep 1-3 was the podraces |
| adjl 08/28/19 9:30:53 AM #10 | MICHALECOLE posted... Nade Duck posted...MICHALECOLE posted...The best part was rogue squadron on the GameCube with the secret Naboo ship that nobody knew about till after the movies came out. Rogue Squadron 2 was on the GC, and I believe that was the one with the Naboo ship. The Rogue Squadron on the N64 came out before Episode 1, in a world without patches, so I don't think it was in there. It was the N64 that had the awesome podracing game, though. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | Did you think The Last Jedi was just bad? |
| adjl 08/28/19 9:25:59 AM #31 | I enjoyed it well enough in theatres, but stopping afterwards to think about any of it has invariably led to the conclusion that none of it was really very good, particularly the fact that the overarching plot hasn't moved at all (they started the movie trying to escape from a planet with the First Order bearing down on them, and they finished the movie trying to escape from a different planet with the First Order bearing down on them and a couple side characters dead). It was thoroughly meh. AllstarSniper32 posted... Black_Crusher posted...Coming out of TFA I couldn't wait for the next movie, to see Luke kick the shit out of the dark side on a scale like how Vader does it at the end of Rogue One. It really is. As much as some people don't like Rogue One for the lack of character development, from the "cool space adventures and battles" angle, I genuinely feel it's one of the best movies in the series. But I can see how people that like Star Wars for the characters would have been less enthused about it, since they all sucked --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How is MAGA racist again? |
| adjl 08/27/19 3:04:57 PM #70 | Kyuubi4269 posted... They're average in an intelligent species, it's pretty prejudice to judge them as mentally slow because they agree with a slogan for reasons you don't even know. I don't need to know their reasons to know that MAGA is hollow, meaningless pathos and that anyone who doesn't see that isn't doing too much actual thinking on the matter. Kyuubi4269 posted... Okay, the world is s***, Trump is not more s*** than any other group for doing it still. Yeah, pretty much. Everyone engaging in such practices deserves the same criticism. Trump's doing them very publicly, therefore he's drawing more criticism. Kyuubi4269 posted... By definition, a person must have no reason or experience, and knowing a person's highest authority does not like you is a good reason to not like them. If you pre-emptively judge the role their religion plays in their life, sure. But then that's prejudice. Whee! Kyuubi4269 posted... It's not even applicable, don't talk s***. It's functionally identical, don't fixate on irrelevant trivialities. The salient point is the prejudicial discrimination, not the specific personal characteristic upon which it's based. Kyuubi4269 posted... Your "point" is to use an emotionally evocative word to slander your opponent to deliver social harm. No, my point is that typing six characters/saying three syllables is substantially more efficient than typing 51 characters/saying 17 syllables (in the case of religion; "culture" is fewer, "ethnicity" is more) to communicate a functionally identical point. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How is MAGA racist again? |
| adjl 08/27/19 2:26:01 PM #58 | Kyuubi4269 posted... They're normal, emotionally-driven humans. By which you mean they're letting emotions get in the way of rational thought. Do you consider that intelligent? Kyuubi4269 posted... It's a neutral thing. It really isn't. Making vague emotional appeals to prey on stupid people isn't something anyone in power should be doing, regardless of who's doing it. Kyuubi4269 posted... It's not prejudicial to say Islam is, as a general rule, against western society. It is prejudicial, however, to use that as a basis to discriminate against Muslims. By definition. Kyuubi4269 posted... You probably shouldn't use words that aren't even slightly accurate. I consider "functionally identical" to qualify as more than slightly accurate, especially in the absence of a succinct term that would be more optimally specific. Anyone who doesn't understand the point being made despite the suboptimal word choice doesn't actually understand why racism is bad in the first place. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How is MAGA racist again? |
| adjl 08/27/19 2:16:04 PM #54 | Broken_Zeus posted... You have an unhealthy obsession with writing off evidence that directly refutes your stupid, s***ty arguments as whataboutism. No I don't. I have a perfectly healthy obsession with writing off whataboutism as whataboutism. I call it "acknowledging empirical reality," and it's a major part of how I live my life. By definition, if you respond to "X is bad!" with "this other guy did X," without doing anything to address the actual point of X being bad, that's whataboutism. If you think X is fine, defend X. If you agree that X is bad, don't treat it as a chance to take shots at some other guy who did X in the past, treat it as a chance to agree and do whatever you can to stop X. That you struggle with this concept is the unhealthy obsession with whataboutism to which I was referring. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | How is MAGA racist again? |
| adjl 08/27/19 1:52:33 PM #46 | Broken_Zeus posted... Saudi Arabia wasn't on Obama's travel ban list, either. You know what country WAS on Obama's restriction list? Yemen. You have an unhealthy obsession with whataboutism. You should really consider trying to fix that. Broken_Zeus posted... Muslim isn't a race It really rather baffles me how many people think "____ isn't a race so this isn't racism!" actually addresses the point being made. If the broadened use of the term bothers you that much, just mentally replace the word "racism" with "prejudicial discrimination on the basis of religion/culture/ethnicity" and carry on with your life. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
| Topic | I have a water cooler at my office that only I use. |
| adjl 08/27/19 1:49:53 PM #9 | SunWuKung420 posted... You're better off just adding the lemon to your drinking glass. This. Water coolers are not meant to have anything in them except water. Your lemon will be fresher that way anyway. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. |
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