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I assume it's worth a blind playthrough? I hate endlessly dying in adventure games unless there's little backtracking

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Dancedreamer posted...

I don't really think the US's morals have degraded. If anything, what's holding us back are the people who refuse to allow their morals to evolve. A lot of people have had their morals progress. As we move away from the religious Christian definition of morality (minus all the parts about giving money to the poor, taking care of the hungry, and treating strangers well), we start to see that our morals had failed a long time ago.

The moral foundation of the US was the enlightenment, not Christian doctrine. If you believe the American moral has failed, then do you believe the enlightenment is also an antiquated school of thought?

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I'm saying that I don't believe Obama believed in American exceptionalism. In fact, I think he resents America at his core, so of course he was not trying be some kind of guiding geopolitical light.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Missing the point to a degree bordering on delusion.

"You" isn't referring to foolmo, it's referring to the people who he described as believing Obama could have prevented this "backslide."

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foolm0r0n posted...

If you're still holding onto US exceptionalism and neoliberal supremacy sure. 1 million Obamas (who is your idea of competent/moral) couldn't prevent it. The better question to ask is how much the status quo notion of morality caused the current backsliding.

You live in a bubble if you think Obama in any way exemplifies American exceptionalism. The man's political philosophy is based on America being a net-negative to the world, and his entire presidency was a feeble attempt to apologize for our century of liberal (classical definition) purveyorship.

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Lol sent my dad to the Nets/Knicks game so he can finally root for the NY team with a winning record and they get stomped.

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transience posted...

This is the most complete single game that you can show to a person who just wants to know what video games are. That celebration, that curation, is what makes this collection great. Ultimate specifically has a single player mode (World of Light) that strengthens this museum-like quality. This game really is a virtual tour of video games packed with hundreds of characters and thousands of songs and the most careful attention to detail possible. Even the third party characters are treated with surgical care, protecting their moves and simulating the feeling of playing their games.

This is a great way to describe the appeal of Ultimate: a tour. It reminds me of being a kid and playing with various unrelated action figures but headcanoning it to work.

Brawl will always be superior to Ultimate because of the way Nintendo had the characters interact in SSE. It is and will always be the apex of fanservice until KH4 finds a way to integrate FF, Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars into a cohesive universe.

Melee and SSB64 still feel the best to me mechanically, for whatever reason.

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colliding posted...

real talk, this is the first jrpg that's made me full on just stop playing for solely because of sexism and weirdness

and I still play Fire Emblem, Tales, and Trails on the reg

Whoa this must be on a whole other level then

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MakeYourChance Aruba? Good for her!

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The 20th anniversary edition for Switch that lets you switch between the original and HD graphics.

Anything I should know? This game is barely ever discussed here, but I wanted it because it's a momentous step in the artistic evolution of gaming and all that. It also looks pretty as hell.

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banananor posted...

celeste is a great game, but after a while it gets to the point where it doesn't feel like i'm playing the game. rather, the game is playing me by requiring such specific inputs

yeah, i'm a casual

Same man. This is why it didn't reach that top tier of platformers for me. The extra content was too precise and I don't have time for that.

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Define interesting

All of the extra content was pretty underwhelming from an incentive perspective tbqh. I think it's definitely more about the gratification from knowing you beat it than anything else

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Chapter 9 basically plays like a marathon, especially towards the end. The final screen is maniacal.

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transience posted...

MM3 suffers from nigh-unplayable slowdown if theres more than 2 or 3 enemies on the screen.

Get the legacy collection on switch!

MM3 and 2 are the only truly great NES MM games imo.

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So XBCX is basically the only reason anyone would need to own a WiiU at this point

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I played Super Meat Boy for the first time a decade after it came out and it's a borderline top 5 2D platformer ever for me. Better than Celeste!

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Is Braid one of those games that's really meant to be played on a mouse/keyboard but no one actually does or am I thinking of something else

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Hello tag

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Jags got fucked in that game too

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Aecioo posted...

JJ Watt risking next season for that sweet sweet comeback story

This is probably the best position the Texans have ever been in to make it to a Superbowl, so I get it. I also suspect he's going to retire after this. He is risking living as a cripple.

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htaeD posted...

The show was about Elliots mental problems from season1 though

I guess for me personally that was always the least interesting part. Kind of disappointing how much time this season was dedicated to that vs building to a proper climax with white rose/ecorp/whatever.

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Note: obviously this was much better/less infuriating than LOST, but it's a far departure from the original conceit of the show nevertheless.

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Talk about a thematic shift. That finale was LOST-esque.

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Decade almost over

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Congrats! Enjoy those Trump tax breaks!

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I think you first need to convince the people that there's a major problem with the current system (hasn't been done yet) and then that it's a problem so big that everyone's plan needs to change to solve it (a virtually impossible case to make).

I'm happy to watch everyone try though

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Kenri posted...

Conservative meme?

The person who is more likeable/inspiring has won every election for the past 30 years, what is Conservative about this?

The last time this wasn't true was probably what... 1968?

And Bernie is the only one who comes close to Trump in terms of genuine likeability, and he's a total crank.

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TheRock1525 posted...

My dad was arrested but never charged.

I don't think he'd ever argue "I was never arrested."

But in any legal sense/background checks, the arrest should have no impact on his future if he wasn't charged.

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Anyway the point is that this argument is far more nuanced than the smug twitterati screaming HE'S GASLIGHTING US would have you believe.

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Jakyl25 posted...

To use your analogy, its like yelling IM NOT ARRESTED as the cops load you into the car because you havent been booked yet

No, it would be like getting arrested (voting on impeachment) and then never being charged (advancing to the Senate/courtroom). Your record would still be clean.

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Jakyl25 posted...

Thats still wrong though. If the House says hes impeached, hes impeached.

It's definitely ambiguous. An impeachment vote that never makes it to the Senate is really meaningless. It's like Congress declaring war but the president doesn't give the military the orders. Were we really at war then?

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Jakyl25 posted...

You think shes going to refuse to advance them forever?

That's what that Trump decision is based on, if you dig past the clickbait. "He was never really impeached" only applies if the articles are never advanced.

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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1208542276533796864?s=21

I mean thats the obvious play

If pelosi refuses to advance the articles to the Senate, then for all intents and purposes he was not impeached.

If you're arrested but never charged, you won't have a record.

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https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1208409440585764867?s=19

I laughed

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foolm0r0n posted...

No republican would ever mention nepotism, for that reason. It's not about nepotism, it's about Biden giving his family unfair benefits. They are really careful about how they generalize the problem, because if they criticize the system, it's 100% self-destructive. Which is why no Trump supporters (even the super smart and reasonable Seph and Corrik) have even 1 argument that is not party tribalism at its core. No arguments that would not be flipped 180 degrees if the parties switched.

Well what would be the fun in that?

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It's B at my company, but I'd be inclined to just bill my time as a snow day instead of a vacation day for that one day. The policy serves no function other than to minimize losses from inclement weather, but that's not really my problem.

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SantaRPidgey posted...

Flu shots are the reason we have super flu going around

This is very misinformed

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Yes. And self-evaluations. Which I never understood.

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Bloomberg is a data nerd so I am assuming his team has figured out that primary debates are not worth the risk

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

The next Xbox is going to be compatible with all of them, so maybe wait for that one.

It is? At launch?

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Suprak the Stud posted...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/five-democrats-have-qualified-for-the-january-debate-who-else-might-make-it/

January debates look like they might be down to five. Bloomberg might make it as well, sadly, as the donors threshhold is easier to hit than the polling one (which he's already hit).

I can't imagine Bloomberg getting that many unique donors without some kind of chicanery going on

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KCF0107 posted...

I wouldn't consider the Packers a realistic SB contender. In the NFC alone, I would probably rank them 5th out of the six projected playoff teams.

The NFC is loaded though. I'd call them a fringe contender.

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I do not have a One. I suppose my worry would be that it loses its b/c as soon as Microsoft stops supporting the downloads, whereas it seems like the 360 is more plug and play?

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Oh wow. It almost seems pointless to play these on the 360 at that point.

Does b/c work the same on XBONE though? Pop in the disc and it plays?

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red sox 777 posted...

By bankrupted, do you mean "has a negative net worth" or "filed bankruptcy?" Because the only reason to file for bankruptcy is if you have assets to protect. If it's having a negative net worth, then loads of Americans are in that situation, maybe 30-40% of the country?

Most of the country is in credit card debt, so no I don't mean "they have bills to pay for services that they received." Cry me a fucking river about that.

I mean how many people are not able to sustain themselves because of medical debt. And of those, how many are in that position because of a risk they willingly took (ie, not paying for insurance [through their employer or otherwise] or not applying for Medicaid if they qualified) vs how many earn too much to get Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance? I am guessing that this number is negligible and thus I don't even see how this is a problem in the US.

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RyoCaliente posted...

I think backwards compatibility to the One improves it a bit graphically. I also don't know if EVERY game is available for backward compatibility. Maybe check out this Wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games_compatible_with_Xbox_360

That's what I cross-checked against! All of the original XB exclusives that are worth playing are b/c with the 360 (except for Stranger's Wrath, but the HD port is on PS3 anyway).

So the XBONE upscales the actual discs but the 360 doesn't?

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How many people are actually bankrupted by medical debt in the US? How many of those are bankrupted because they could not afford to pay for private insurance vs willfully choosing not to pay for private insurance? How many in the former were not eligible for Medicaid?

I honestly would like to see that breakdown, because that segment of the population is (in my mind) the only group where a solution is needed. And I would be shocked to learn that this amounts to more than .1% of the population.

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Leafeon13N posted...

What industry is it that helps people deal with opiod addiction and mental health now?

China apparently

I will join you in a call to go to war with China, don't worry

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I never owned a Microsoft system in my life, but recently came into a 360. So now I am looking to build up my library from the ground up.

It seems like every original XBox game worth playing is backwards compatible with the 360. Does anyone have experience with this? Is there anything I should be aware of? How does it compare to playing on the XBONE?

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DoomTheGyarados posted...

I think that is wonderful. I am glad. However the countries that are up there with the US, besting it in some form of cancer survival depending on type, are Sweden, the UK, Canada, and Finland. And 0 people in those countries went into medical debt after surviving.

What do you say that life expectancy has gone down three years running?

That is pretty inarguably due to opioid use and suicide

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