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MICHALECOLE posted...

Does anybody else think its weird you cant evolve this pikachu? Is this the first event with a Pokmon you cant evolve like this?

I find it annoying and I'm a little concerned that it might become a trend. Granted, it could just be something specific to the deal they worked out. This is different from previous events in that a franchise owned by another company is involved.
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States should have full control over their election process. If security is an actual problem, public outcry within the state tends to address it. The hanging chat issue of the 2000 election, for instance, pushed for the discontinuation of manual punch systems (granted, electronic systems are theoretically *more* prone to fraudulent influence)

WastelandCowboy posted...

The idea would be that no state has no more control over how they elect their officials than another state to prevent the possibility of anything that could influence or change the results of an election, which everyone should be against, anyway.

Putting everything in the hands of the Feds just means that when things fail, they fail more spectacularly. Any corruption -- and there will always be some amount of corruption -- then impacts every state instead of just a few.
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King_Dilly posted...

Looks like IGNorant copied my idea!

https://m.ign.com/articles/2019/07/26/game-scoop-538-who-should-be-on-the-video-game-mount-rushmore

Goddamn copycats! They were probably scouting our board for ideas again.

Bulbasaur posted...

Taily_Po posted...

Pokemon hasn't had the same level of influence as something like Street Fighter

dude what

You know it's true. Street Fighter II made combos mainstream in fighting games and was integral in launching a major genre. Meanwhile Pokemon helped to popularize a subgenre that, other than Pokemon itself, hasn't been that huge.
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Did she swipe right or did she swipe left?
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I still haven't caught a second Mugiwara no Pikachu >_> It was raining too hard the day he was intro'd (which, tbh, is exactly the day I should have been doing it -- could have tossed an incense or something). At this point, the Rocket event is going so their spawns are all over the place.

The Rocket event is kinda neat for having added FOUR new shinies. Most events only add one or two.
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wwinterj25 posted...

I googled my own username once.

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I'm going to be completely honest, I love RSE but I never finished ORAS.
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Not as often as I'd like.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Lokarin posted...

We used to have a local gaming store... but they went out of business.

Mine too, actually.

I used to dump a ton of money there years ago, but when White Wolf stopped printing books and the bottom mostly fell out of the RPG market, and then everything shifted to sites like Amazon or Drive-Thru RPG, they gutted their RPG section and there was nothing left there for me to go back to.

Habitat loss is turning RPG fans into an endangered species!
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BlackScythe0 posted...

Taily_Po posted...

Of course not, the man should be allowed to sue.

He has no grounds on which to sue.

Clearly his equal protection rights were violated.
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Full Throttle posted...

Do you trust Russia?

As much as I trust France or Germany.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Trump is a puppet.

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wwinterj25 posted...

Taily_Po posted...

If women can choose to obligate men to pay for a kid they don't want, men should be allowed to obligate women for a pregnancy they don't want. Two keys to launch that missile.

Yes because paying for life you created is the same as pregnancy, child birth and all the stuff that comes with it.
Still it's nothing more than selfishness to want a kid that the other doesn't regardless.

Just like it's selfish for that kid to want to be alive, right? >_> At any rate, if a man can't compel a woman to have an abort his child then he's being deprived of his reproductive rights. And it's somewhat telling that the arguments against men in this arena are IDENTICAL to most of the ones used to forbid women from having abortions. But hey, if you don't want a man to have a say then don't obligate him to pay for the child if he doesn't want it.

BlackScythe0 posted...

There is nothing to be conflicted over.

Of course not, the man should be allowed to sue.
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Snukastyle posted...

If I ever made that much money in a year I'd more or less retire and/or donate a lot of it to charity.

Retiring before your 15 minutes of fame ended would be stupid. These guys usually don't have super-long careers anyway and that's often all they'll ever have. Gotta make that money when you can.
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I've always loved Warhammer Fantasy's designs, but that shit is too damn expensive and I'm not terribly interested in learning how to play it. Had fun painting some Lizardmen like a decade ago, though... and still kicking myself for not buying all the faction books when I saw them at a thrift store. Instead, I just bought the Lizardmen and Undead ones.
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LinkPizza posted...

Taily_Po posted...

50 topics per page is too damn much. I just do it for posts.

I actually do it the other way. 50 for topics, 10 for post...

Well, I'm 20/50, not 10/50.
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Well, it's long overdue that men are recognized as having some rights. If women can choose to obligate men to pay for a kid they don't want, men should be allowed to obligate women for a pregnancy they don't want. Two keys to launch that missile.
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He's trying to push the onion agenda!
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tbh, the real problem is all of those goshdarn newcomers. I don't trust anybody with an account younger than 2010!
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50 topics per page is too damn much. I just do it for posts.
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Garfield Minus Garfield is still fucking amazing.
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I found trying to play it on a phone a pain in the ass.
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I use my phone for calling and Pokemon Going. And some games. And occasionally YT, Chrome/Firefox, videos, and music.
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Lirishae posted...

Monopoman posted...

Meh if you report just the facts it's tough to be biased I felt old school network news was good at that.

Bias isn't limited to just how things are reported. It's also about things like deciding what to cover and how prominent the coverage is, or which experts/guests get quoted or called in.

This so hard. Plus which facts you choose to include -- and which you choose to omit -- help shape the narrative.

Lirishae posted...

Chaos is correct that no one can avoid being biased. It's better for us to recognize that about ourselves than pretend that we can somehow rise above basic human nature.

There are some pretty substantial differences between unintentional bias and the kind we see with both the media and alt-media.
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I can't fathom why anybody would watch TYT. Even if I was a SJW, I'd find it crap.

faramir77 posted...

YouTube news channels will be biased by the very nature of the platform.

While I don't necessarily agree with that sentiment, there's a pretty big gap between a slight bias and TYT.

green dragon posted...

I've only ever really seen snippets before today, and they seemed ok. I just sat down through a few episodes/shorts and they are so biased it's ridiculous.

I caught part of an interview where Cenk was talking to a gamer girl. He'd bring up points and statements along his agenda, ask questions that assume his previous statements were correct, get directly contradicted by the gamer girl, and then act like she had just agreed him... and then the cycle began again. Honestly, I felt bad for the girl.
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Mead posted...

blibber1 posted...

But what if the person being executed is later to be found innocent? Congratulations! You just killed an innocent man!

Executing an innocent person should be punished with death

But what if it turned out he was innocent of the execution? Does his executioner get executioned?

Firewerx posted...

The state arrogates to itself the power and the prerogative to kill innocent people all the time. It's called war.

Wipe out hundreds of innocent people at long range with sophisticated weaponry, and it'll largely earn a shrug of indifference. Execute a guilty individual up close and personal in a ritualized manner, and the "Save Our Poor Murderers!" mobs will start gibbering about barbarism. Morality as a question of distance and technology.

idk, people were kinda mad that time Obama executed an entire wedding procession with a drone. Granted, they were less annoyed that time he killed a guy because he was the same height as Osama bin Laden. Not to mention that there are thousands of large protests against war non-stop so even your basic argument is fundamentally wrong and absolutely moronic.

Firewerx posted...

You may not have noticed, but there very definitely hasn't been a 20-year hiatus on the US federal government killing innocent people.

In theory, there's been an unlimited hiatus on the US federal government killing innocent people.

Zareth posted...

I mean, if the purpose of prison is rehabilitation, and an inmate shows no remorse or signs of being able to be rehabilitated, then what's the point of keeping them?

The death penalty is frequently applied to remorseful people. More importantly, murder -- the crime most frequently associated with the death penalty -- has the lowest recidivism rate so, out of all the crimes, that's the MOST likely to be rehabilitated. Something like sex offenders have an abyssmally low rehab rate, unless the offender chooses something like chemical castration.
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idk, if diversity makes things profitably, why did the Ghostbusters reboot perform so badly that Sony washed its hands of the thing? And people praised that film for its diversity and, even when it was revealed to be a turkey, people STILL argued that it should be praised for its all-female cast.

THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

Spider-Man with black love interest passes $1B.

....because anybody went to see the movie because he had a black love interest? If anything, you should be asking why the movie didn't do better. Historically Spider-Man movies draw much better than other comic heroes yet Spider-Man is losing out to Marvel movies starring b-list heroes and, more importantly, it came out hot on heels of Endgame so it should have been looking at a higher box office take.

Oh, and Spider-Man stars a cis-het white male. It's not like they replaced Peter Parker with Miles Morales or just a black Peter Parker or anything. And the largest money-making Marvel movies, the Avengers films, are headlined mostly by white males.

Plus the phrase is "Get woke, go broke," not "Go Woke, go broke." I swear, it's almost like this whole topic is a shitty attempt at trollin.... oh, it's trolling.
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keyblader1985 posted...

lol Zeus; you couldn't possibly be more predictable if you tried. It's incredible that this is the one story in which you instantly take the victim's side.

Don't pull a Mead on me. Don't you be starting with that unfounded shit. And literally all I did was point out that their response seems designed to justify doing the thing they were accused of doing. And keep in mind you're the one calling her a victim.

BlackScythe0 posted...

She used to be the principal at Lawton Elementary School for 5 years before being placed on admin leave in April and then having to resign.

I mean there has to be a reason. If she just gets placed on administrative leave out of nowhere she is fully in her grounds to sue and I expect her to easily win.

Problem is the cries of racism and discrimination scream "there is more to this story" this claim doesn't need to be made. The claim does not assist with her case. It's unrelated to unjust termination, you don't need to come up with ideas as to why they fired you, you just need to say "they fired me".

So the fact that she is saying these claims makes it likely something happened, and her being banned from the school makes that suspicion even stronger.

Oh yea here we go.

But when Blick was asked to be placed on administrative leave May 1, rumors of a far different nature were swirling around the school district. The district was investigating claims that a custodian at Lawton Elementary School, where Blick was principal at the time, had stolen $25,000 from the district through over-billing.

Sounds like she was approving fraudulent bills using her position.

Somebody likely wouldn't be banned from entering the school over allegations of fraud and, more importantly, the fact that overbilling happened on her watch doesn't automatically make her complicit in the overbilling as you seem to suggest. As for the "rumors," I can't find any information regarding the investigation or any outcomes, which would be pretty pertinent given the circumstances.
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GrimCyclone posted...

Mead posted...

TC seriously how much time do you spend watching this stupid shit on youtube

You might wanna re evaluate what you're saying. Calling a minority produced film stupid shit is racially insensitive there, buddy. I know it hurts you in your fee fees when anyone goes against anyone in your political party, but from someone who is here in potd 100x more than me, you might wanna rethink who you're judging when talking about wasting time on stupid shit.

I've noticed Mead tends to be a lot harder on minority-produced content. Not sure why.
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afaik, she knows nothing about it because she's only wanted to serve. She was calling other people lucky for having been inconvenienced.

And they didn't give me a free lunch. afaik, had I been selected, I would still have to pay for my own food. No drinks either, just a water foundation. Granted, it was a federal courthouse so if you're doing something for your city it could be nicer.
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MrMelodramatic posted...

Cant stand the frog sage.

Jiraiya gets better in later story arcs and he's involved in a few filler episodes I liked. Oh, plus he's the toad sage, not the frog sage >_>

Krazy_Kirby posted...

lee is the best.

drunk rock lee is great

I prefer Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals


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Hey, that's not Skyrim!
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(Continued)

Pikachu - One of Nintendo's biggest names and most successful properties. He's iconic enough that he's recognized by non-gamers thanks to the anime and other non-gaming properties. The success of Pokemon also had a major impact on gaming for a while but... Pokemon hasn't had the same level of influence as something like Street Fighter and, despite being the Pokemon mascot, he's taken a bit of a backseat in the games.

Master Chief - Obligatory mention because Halo is a major franchise. However, he's nowhere near as big a name as other characters. He might warrant a spot on a trendier, post-2000s gaming Rushmore.

Kratos - Obligatory mention because GoW is a major franchise. Situation is identical to Master Chief.

Nathan Drake - Kratos - Obligatory mention because Uncharted is a major franchise (and a personal favorite). Situation is identical to Master Chief and Kratos.

Samus Aran - Major Nintendo character and has had a few incredible games, but nowhere near big enough.

Lara Croft Kind of a harder one because she underwent a near-total character design revamp whereas everybody else on this list has remained relatively consistent (excluding spinoff versions of characters, most specifically Mega Man). She's had THREE major films to date but, despite that, I'm still not sure that she's anywhere near as iconic as some of the other contenders who are more likely to be recognized by just about anyway.

Trying to think who else I might be missing. Granted, I'm deliberately omitting a few higher-profile characters like Cloud just because they're not in as many games.
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tbh, it's a hard thing to put together. Mario is an absolute given, but nobody else really ranks on that same level. The second problem is that it's tough to put together a gaming Mount Rushmore and not have it be Mount Nintendo, since Nintendo characters tend to be far more prominent than their competitors.

Here are a few quick thoughts on possible contenders:

Donkey Kong - Iconic and historic. A major name from the arcade era who went on to have success on the SNES... but hasn't had the same impact since then.

Pac-Man - Similar to DK, he's an older name and has an iconic, recognizable design... but hasn't had as much going for him lately. Following the Atari bankruptcy and asset purchase, he's been in an array of budget titles that have done more harm than good.

Link - The protagonist from one of my favorite gaming franchises and one of Nintendo's heaviest hitters. Some of his games are ranked among the greatest of all time, which makes him a strong candidate for inclusion... but he's more of a characters that gamers would know and a lot of non-gamers wouldn't necessarily recognize. That said, he's had a good number of games and maintained relevancy (even if his titles release a little too slowly) which makes him a strong contender.

Mega Man - Capcom's occasional mascot who has an iconic look and a good deal of history. Has had a lot of neat spin-off franchises and, in many ways, is a good parallel to Mario. However, Capcom has provided sporadic support for him, both in terms of games and using other characters (Captain Commando, Ryu) as company mascots at times. Plus MML3 never happened. Just saying.

Sonic - Sega's mascot, who has an iconic look and a good deal of history. His fate has kinda risen and fallen with Sega. Once a strong competitor to Nintendo, the company's failure with the Saturn and Dreamcast caused it to exit the console industry and, quite honestly, the quality of Sonic games really started to die around that same time. Titles like Sonic 2006 are a good argument against his inclusion.

L-Block - Former greatest gaming character winner and has an iconic, instantly recognizable design. While I bring him up for the novelty, I don't consider him a serious contender, although he'd make for a more interesting addition to Mount Gamemore.

Ryu (Street Fighter) - While I'm more of a Ken Masters fan, Ryu is probably the most iconic of the major Street Fighter characters. Street Fighter has history and influence, but the potential knock against Ryu is that he's not as instantly recognizable to non-gamers. However, I consider him a worthy choice and a character I wouldn't really question if somebody used him on their list.

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat) - I've never held MK in as high esteem as Street Fighter, but it's a major fighting franchise and, of the characters, Scorpion might be the most iconic despite usually not being a hero. He's got a great character design, although I'm not sure how recognizable he might be to non-gamers.
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

The only thing in MCU phase 4 that immediately interests me.is Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, if nothing else due to that (very Lovecraftian ) title alone. And that it's supposed to be very horror-esque is intriguing.

All of which makes me hope that Shuma-Gorath will feature into it. All that aside, like I mentioned in WC's topic, as far as superhero horror goes, I'm most looking forward to that New Mutants film.
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Plot twist: The guy probably STILL took her back >_>

mrduckbear posted...

The flight attendant then tells the bf to come with her too but the woman doesn't let him get away and runs after him down the aisle and SMASHES him over the head with a dell laptop and to continue to shove and slap him

That detail is important because Dells are more dangerous than other brands. After all, they hired a guy who later busted on drug charges to do the commercials!
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Can't imply a certain poster routinely defends pedophiles because that's offensive, despite the same poster also regularly getting modded/warned/suspended/purg'd for...well, I'll let y'all guess.

If it's the one I think you mean, I just block him whenever he makes a new account. If it's another one... well, there are a lot of those guys here.
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"Huge is a stretch," but she looks like she's bigger than her mother.

Full Throttle posted...

Is Maya Hot?

I guess, although it's hard to judge from those photos.
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wwinterj25 posted...

They do right. It's clear this was a false claim but it's still stupid to even suggest such a thing.

Technically it can, but afaik it's based on the school filing a welfare claim with the organization which would then take it from there. Even with something like truancy, the school has to consult another government agency which takes things from there.
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Well, whether it's one mod or several, the gang is going crazy on me so I've got to make some new accounts soon. Because literally anything I post could result in a moderation-turned-suspension/ban, I'm not even going to bother to Aaantlion. However, unless I have some accounts I set up and forgot about, it might mean that I'll be away from the geek topic until I set up the new accounts and get them enough karma to access PotD because I'm pretty sure both Broken Zeus & Taily Po are going to get hit because I responded to people -- including one mod -- who rubbed in the fact I got modded and apparently complaining about being modded here is grounds for modding. This whole new system is fucking insane.

At any rate, my previous name suggestions are probably all I've got (unless maybe we could do Young Geekenstein or Young Frankengeek: The Musical).

And, honestly, my free time will probably be tied up anyway for a few days. My primary/home laptop seems like it's running on borrowed time since nothing is working right and the one I usually bring with me everywhere is struggling to keep up because I'm using it for everything instead of breaking stuff between both. I probably need to buy a new laptop (or see if somebody is looking to get rid of an old one... or maybe try to figure out how to reformat that old all-in-one unit I picked up a while ago). Of course, all of those are really questions for a *nerd* topic rather than a geek topic; although I will ask for the crew's opinion on refurbished pcs/laptops. I'm just kinda wondering if it's worth risking saving a bit of money there (even if it's first-party), both from the previous issues and whatever malware could be hidden.

Which brings me to Part B of what's going to tie me up -- both migrating content from the old laptop and going through my super-large Notepad file. I figured I'd take this time to extract useful content from it, be it novel/story ideas, game ideas, etc. I spent a good chunk of the evening looking through it so far and I'm maybe 20% through it so far and this initial run-through I'm just grabbing content pertaining to a series of fantasy novels I was toying around with.

Metalsonic66 posted...

I_Abibde posted...

Young Frankenstein is solid gold

Yes

Movie aside, I should mention that I absolutely love the OBC recording for the musical.
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Quetzalcoatl posted...

Hola! I'm sort of new to this part of the world. Been on an extended siesta ever since my people were butchered by crazed colonists looking for gold. Took a bit of a toll on my mental state...

Anyway, my question is kind of simple: How do I get better matches on Tinder?

Damn, that's a good grab. Would have taken that name myself if I had known it was open.
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Blighboy posted...

Taily_Po posted...

GanonsSpirit posted...

"Maybe it's not to late to learn how to love and forget how to hate"

Too.

no

Oops. Highlighted the wrong. Fixed.
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green dragon posted...

Taily_Po posted...

Thinks Thor is Greek

I think you read that wrong

Time to get my Indra account ready...

I think you're not reading it right. He specifically said "the other electrically themed greek deity around here." Thor is not Greek.
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GanonsSpirit posted...

"Maybe it's not to late to learn how to love and forget how to hate"

Too.
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Sahuagin posted...

I'm so far behind I feel like I can't catch up now. (I think the next movie I need to watch is Thor Ragnarok). I guess I'll leave it all for something to do on vacation time.

Thor Ragnarok was pretty fun. The pacing was waaaaaay disjointed, though. The whole movie feels like the Doctor Strange scene.
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If nothing else, it should be an interesting experiment.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Here come the puns.

Still beats Trudeau.

green dragon posted...

I don't know everything about this guy, but it's crazy how much he looks like trump

Why? Because he's orangish-white?!
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Lobomoon posted...

(only click this topic if you are gay).

Don't tell me what to do! You're not the boss of me!
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