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TopicBrainwashed Americans defending Colombus are like the Chinese defending Mao
Unbridled9
11/10/19 9:03:26 PM
#100
The Popo posted...
StripedTiger posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEw8c6TmzGg

I think this video is worth watching. I went into this video ready to hate it, but it broadened my perspective a bit.


I clicked on it, saw 28 minutes, and thought Fuck that.

And then the 28 minutes flew by. Good video.


Ditto. I learned quite a bit from that. I wish I could show it to more people but a 28 minute video isn't exactly wieldy in an argument.
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TopicBrainwashed Americans defending Colombus are like the Chinese defending Mao
Unbridled9
11/10/19 8:03:22 PM
#97
SunWuKung420 posted...
Mead posted...
Whoa you sure showed him


On the internet, insults prove you're right.


I don't really see the point in debating with someone who legit-believes that America is doing it's best to appeal to freaking neo-nazi's of all things. May as well claim Mormons secretly run the government as they're a group that's at least not universally hated across America.
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TopicBrainwashed Americans defending Colombus are like the Chinese defending Mao
Unbridled9
11/10/19 7:18:58 PM
#91
OhhhJa posted...
Comparing columbus to mao is a level of wokeness that I wasn't sure was possible


It's wokeness. They'd compare a newborn baby just learning to walk to Hitler if it was a cis white male and they thought they could get away with it.
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TopicBrainwashed Americans defending Colombus are like the Chinese defending Mao
Unbridled9
11/10/19 6:57:31 PM
#89
So basically, "Colombus was bad but I don't care, and Mao was bad and I do care, so there". Wow, I've been unwoke.

Columbus was small time. The college kid selling dime bags of oregano to Mao's Pablo. Comparing the two is stupid.

I don't really want to ally with people who excuse mass murder tbh. Half of America was been sucking off neo nazis for the past fifty years and it's only made things worse.

Okay Millennial.
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TopicBrainwashed Americans defending Colombus are like the Chinese defending Mao
Unbridled9
11/10/19 5:54:24 PM
#78
*sigh*

Okay. First off... Columbus wasn't that important a historical figure even in his day. He wasn't unimportant but, had things gone 'normally', he'd be more of a footnote in history than anything and explorers like Magellan would be more well known. However, for a while America had an issue with the immigration of Italian immigrants. Longfellow (the same one who wrote about Paul Revere) wrote about Columbus in an effort to provide a hero to the Italians to try and provide some unity. It worked and Columbus was catapulted from a relatively minor explorer to a major player in history.

Was Columbus important? YES! While it's true that the vikings were the first recorded Europeans to reach America their discovery of 'vinland' had basically faded into legend if even that. So setting out to discover Vinland would be like you setting out to discover the lost continent of Mu. Columbus's journey resulted in America being brought to the attention of the Europeans whom proceeded to send many expeditions and colonies to America which changed it on a fundamental level as well as resulted in massive changes across Europe and, eventually, Asia and Africa.

Would America have been 'discovered' without Columbus? Yes. We would have had explorers trying to circumnavigate the globe running smack dab into it. That's not to mention powers trying to establish new trade routes with places like China especially ones that didn't result in them having to deal with rival trade powers.

Was Columbus a visionary who believed the world was round when everyone else said it was flat? No. If you think about it discovering America proves, in no way, that the world is round. At the time most people believed it was round. They were even pretty close as to its size too. That latter fact is the issue. It was believed that the distance to the east was simply too much to travel without starving. They were right. Had Columbus not stumbled on America (imagine it didn't exist) his ships would have starved long before reaching their destination. His belief was that the world was both pear-shaped and much smaller than it really is which would have permitted the journey if true.

Did Columbus matter? Arguably no. If he didn't exist there wouldn't be some massive shift in America where the native people suddenly caught up to the eurasian powers and established their own nations. The most advanced nations were basically on-par with ancient Egypt after all at the time. Bronze, Iron age at MOST. All his failure to exist would do is push discovery back a few decades, maybe a century.

Is Columbus important? Does it matter? We have a bunch of pesudo-intellectuals claiming he's a horrible monster despite the reality that many of the atrocities happened long after he was dead, by nations he was never a part of (especially Spain), in parts of the world he simply had no control over. It's like getting mad at Dr. Doom for something the Joker did. On the opposite side we have a bunch of normal people who don't really care one way or the other normally beyond the false beliefs peddled for generations yet suddenly finding people screaming about native atrocities and the like over someone they really have no knowledge about and being baffled and even defensive as a result. All they know about Columbus is that he 'proved the world was round' and 'discovered America' after all.

Picking fights won't win you allies. Neither will mis-representing the fight and other such things.

Also, is Columbus comparable to Mao? PHAHAHAHAHAHA NOOOOOOOOO!!! Mao is, like, a bazillion times worse. Doesn't exonerate Columbus; but in the running for 'history's biggest monster' Columbus is basically a weenie.
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TopicGame genres
Unbridled9
11/10/19 5:26:25 PM
#10
JRPG's. I love the classics. WRPG's are okay too but I typically prefer the stronger and more focused narrative of the JRPG.
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TopicAre you economically/socially liberal or conservative or in the middle?
Unbridled9
11/10/19 5:24:32 PM
#51
streamofthesky posted...
Mead posted...
And folks that always go on and on about how theyre in the middle and that blah blah blah both sides are bad might be the most obnoxious people of all

To be fair, a lot of those people aren't actually centrist and just claim to be, so they can use the "both sides!" fallacious argument to cover for their side. You can tell this is the case, b/c they never do the same "both sides!" bs when it's the side they secretly despise that's in trouble.


*shrug* For me it's simply that I have various views on the current issues which result in me coming out near the center. I'm not trying to find a medium or anything; just trying to be my own person.
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TopicAre you economically/socially liberal or conservative or in the middle?
Unbridled9
11/10/19 11:21:37 AM
#47
I'm mostly central though I lean libertarian. In a nutshell I believe that the government is responsible for supporting and maintaining the nation but needs to back off and permit freedom and the like otherwise. I sort of see things as being complicated with few clear solutions.
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TopicAre Americans internationally ignorant?
Unbridled9
11/10/19 10:21:43 AM
#1
I don't know what else to call it; but it seems to be a common thing in my experience. Namely that they either know nothing at all about other nations or expect them to operate exactly like America. This seems to go so far as that they'll assume laws, policies, and the like passed in the U.S.A. apply to the entire world. Heck, even in the U.S. it almost seems like everyone lives in their own little bubble at times but especially for people in cities who struggle to grasp the concept of rural America at times. Do you think this is true or that I'm just seeing things that aren't there?
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/09/19 8:28:44 AM
#89
yutterh posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
OniRonin posted...
TyVulpine posted...
People used to think the Roman gods existed. Theyve been disproven.
People used to think the Egyptian gods existed. Theyve been disproven.
People used to think the Greek gods existed. Theyve been disproven.
Why does the god of the Bible get a free pass?


People used to think the sun revolved around the earth. They've been disproven.
People used to think gravity followed newtonian laws. They've been disproven.
People used to think insects emerged spontaneously from rotting meat. They've been disproven.
People used to believe in the luminferous aether. They've been disproven.
Why does modern day science (e.g., evolution) get a free pass?

Evolution actually has been proven.

Also the Bible says the sun revolves around Earth and that Earth is flat.


Where in the bible does it say this?


The Bible doesn't say that. In fact the Bible says the opposite. It says that the world is round (Isaiah 40:22 IIRC). The reality is that ancient people knew the world was round but, outside of a select minor few groups, it was useless knowledge. I mean, they could see eclipses of the moon, ships going over horizons, and conducted actual experiments to prove it. But to a farmer intent on getting the crops in before their lords taxes them such knowledge is pointless. IIRC the 'flat earth' thing was more of an insult than reality. I.E. 'You're people are so dumb they believe the world is flat'. Even for Columbus the issue wasn't a belief of the world being round or not (they knew it was) but, rather, Columbus was basically advocating what was believed to be a suicide journey to cross what was believed to be empty ocean. He believed that the world was both pear-shaped and much smaller than it actually was which lead him to think the journey could be done while science, at the time, said he would starve. Had America not been there science would have been right and Columbus would be remembered only as probably the first to attempt such a foolish crossing.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/09/19 2:52:14 AM
#80
People claimed the Greek gods lived on Mount Olympus and had a huge table there where they ate ambrosia. Funny enough, nobody thought to just run up there and check for themselves. If they had, they'd see that there's NOTHING ON MOUNT OLYMPUS that proves the existence of any gods. Same with the Roman gods. A lot of stories, but zero physical or scientific evidence to back up the claims.
Same with the god of the bible. A lot of stories and a lot of claims, but zero evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the god exists.
It is amusing how people of a particular faith will always handwave away any discussion or logical reasoning against the existence of their chosen deity.


That applies to science too. What? You didn't think people being illogical happened because of RELIGION did you? I mean, how many times have you seen someone either accept or reject something simply because it agreed/disagreed with their viewpoints? Like, you trust astronomers when they talk about exoplanets but you personally likely have no way to prove that they exist. You choose to believe it because it aligns with your beliefs and ideals. For all you know those scientists could be blowing the cash on hookers and drugs and seeing how long they can string along people with the exoplanet theory. Now, I'm not saying exoplanets don't exist. What I am saying is that claiming that following a faith blindly is illogical when, at the same time, you have no choice but to put blind faith in science (unless you are an actual expert in that one field) is just as illogical and the illogical aspect comes not from religion or science but a failure of the human nature.

After all, for a long time a lot of things were considered 'scientific' that have long-since been disproven (just look at mental health wards and medicines) and it's not like these were wild fringe beliefs at the time.

Also, your counter didn't actually deal with the point I made. Namely that the thing that did in the greek/roman gods was not science or them being 'disproven' but, rather, Christianity displacing the Greco-roman beliefs. As to what they believed or claimed was happening when they climbed Mt. Olympus and found nothing there I have no clue. In an odd sort of way the Greco-Roman pantheon in still sort of at least acknowledged today as parts of it were absorbed into the Christian faith (EX: Fortuna managed to eek out an existance for herself going from a goddess to an angel or something like that... And is now worshiped by FE players in the form of Anna as they beg for good level ups) or directly inspired other parts (the classic 'image' of God being based on Zeus and Dante's version of hell being heavily inspired by the Underworld).

Science doesnt get a free pass, as science relies on theories and then either proving or disproving that theory through tests and evidence.
Religion only requires blind acceptance and faith


So you think people like Issac Newton, Ben Franklin, and Archimedes were dumb; yet the anti-vaxxer who blindly followed an article she found on the internet is 'scientific'? That someone like Plato or Descartes or Paine is intellectually inferior to a flat-earther whom spends time and money to conduct and test their theories to 'prove' that the earth is flat because the former three were religious and despite the latter engaging in the scientific method (to prove their own, incorrect and biased, beliefs; yes)? That someone like Ghandi should be mocked and belitted for their faith yet Stalin or Mao lauded for their atheism? That people don't believe just as fanatically in things like political ideology or 'sciences' such as eugenics, if not more-so, than religion? Or warp/co-opt science for their political positions? Do you SERIOUSLY believe that blind acceptance and faith comes only from religion yet anyone who believes in science is inherently smart/wise/etc? Such an attitude and belief is the start of true ignorance.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/08/19 11:01:30 AM
#66
People used to think the Roman gods existed. Theyve been disproven.
People used to think the Egyptian gods existed. Theyve been disproven.
People used to think the Greek gods existed. Theyve been disproven.
Why does the god of the Bible get a free pass?


Because you decided to associate 'no longer believes in' with 'disproven'. The Greek Gods got effectively warped into the Roman pantheon and both the Roman and Egyptian pantheons got bodied HARD by Christianity and Islam (edit: likely the Roman pantheon as well but I'm not an expert on Roman attitudes towards religion in occupied Egypt during that time) respectively. The reason no one believes in them isn't because of science disproving them but because new religions came in and displaced them. If you look hard enough you might even still be able to find believers in those pantheons but they won't be a large number. And it's not like those were the only three pantheons and religions to exist either. You'll still find plenty of people believing in stuff like Hinduism and you can even find some Zoroastrians if you know where to look. So I don't really see what your 'point' here is.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/08/19 5:30:27 AM
#55
Sonicplys posted...
What's that? Reading a book I mean


Books are like youtube videos but you can't see anything but the subtitles; but they make the subtitles more descriptive to compensate. Oh. And they're rather heavy for what you get and are physically printed on white rectangles of a substance called 'paper'. Unfortunately they also have to be read in a very specific way or else things come out of order really easily. The upside is that they tend to be fairly cheap to produce and have an amazing longevity. Seriously, a book can keep for centuries fairly easily if you take care of it and you don't ever have to worry about the internet dropping. Still not as good as stone tablets for data preservation but few things are.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/08/19 3:08:12 AM
#47
CaptainStrong posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
zebatov posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
There's no way in hell I'm wasting my time reading almost 1,200 pages of shitty bullshit stories.

So youve never read any book then.

I guess you missed the words "shitty" and "bullshit". The Bible is a shitty boring book and it's presented as a nonfiction book, when it clearly is fictitious.


Well, you're clearly also not reading anything with facts, science, history, logic, or wisdom contained within either. I SUPPOSE this means you could technically be reading 50 Shades of Grey, but that seems like it might be too philosophically deep for you.

Why does the fact that I don't feel like wasting my time with a horribly written, insanely long, boring ass book like the Bible mean I'm a fucking dumbass or something?


Nope. It's your attitude that says that.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/07/19 11:54:56 PM
#42
CaptainStrong posted...
zebatov posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
There's no way in hell I'm wasting my time reading almost 1,200 pages of shitty bullshit stories.

So youve never read any book then.

I guess you missed the words "shitty" and "bullshit". The Bible is a shitty boring book and it's presented as a nonfiction book, when it clearly is fictitious.


Well, you're clearly also not reading anything with facts, science, history, logic, or wisdom contained within either. I SUPPOSE this means you could technically be reading 50 Shades of Grey, but that seems like it might be too philosophically deep for you.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/07/19 10:17:06 PM
#32
OniRonin posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
Science.


What does it mean for "science" to be the basis of rational thought? I'm not sure if you understand what the word "basis" means. Science relies on observations.


Yea. It's completely independent of religion; be it atheism or theism. Science can tell you the formula for force and stuff but there is no math formula or experiment or anything, at least for now, that touches upon the realm of the divine. Even if we got some Jesus DNA somehow all it could do is tell you the various compounds and what-not. It couldn't tell you if he was or was not divine. Even if we found something in his DNA that science couldn't identify it wouldn't prove divinity; just that science currently doesn't know what it is.

Hell, if tomorrow the rapture happened and everything unfolded exactly as it did in revelation science's answer would be more in line with 'there is a giant beast over there with ten heads over there with the following physical dimensions' than 'the end times come and repent for the beast walks the earth!'
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/07/19 10:08:51 PM
#29
wolfy42 posted...
OniRonin posted...
wwinterj25 posted...
Prove it.
it is the only possible basis for rational thought. all others are fundamentally flawed


I can prove there is no god.
There is a slight problem though.
If I prove there is no god, I invalidate the beliefs of many humans.
Existence is based on belief/thought/awareness.
Doing so could easily cause the universe to cease to exist.
Therefore, logically, we must not disprove the existence of god, in order to continuing existing ourselves.


No. You can't. It's impossible to prove a negative. You can prove, say, that society, culture, and rational thought can exist without the Bible as a moral framework but you can not prove that God does not exist. It would be like trying to prove someone doesn't exist by calling their cell number, getting no answer, and using that as proof that they don't exist. This is especially true since disproving the judeo-christian god does *not* disprove the existence of a deity or deities; especially since said deities may not even be concerned with Earth on the whole and may be the pantheon of a species located sixty galaxies away.

Not saying it's wrong to be atheist; but saying that there is no such thing as a deity or divine being is just as dogmatic and religious a statement as saying that there is.

Also, seriously? The Bible being the opposite of the basis for rational thought? Yea. You're an idiot with no knowledge of reality and probably think you are, somehow, smarter and more intellectual simply due to your lack of belief despite being little more than an edge high-school/college graduate.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/07/19 9:05:24 PM
#14
dancer62 posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Yup. Multiple times. It can be distilled down to 'We are all sinners but God sent Jesus to die for us so that we may be redeemed and have the chance to go to heaven after we die; but we have to accept Jesus into our lives and live in a good and godly manner by doing so to be saved.'


Actually, I read it more like "immature temper-tantrum god becomes jealous of other gods, sends his best friend to hell, sends a minion to rape a human woman so he has a sort of 'son' he can put to death by torture as an elaborate joke on his worshippers that he had been stringing along for thousands of years as his Chosen People". Pretty good deal for clergymen, if you have a god you can't trust, why should you be surprised by what priests do?


Ummm... Wow. That couldn't be more wrong. Like, it couldn't possibly be more wrong. Using LotR again it's like claiming Sauron is the good guy because the orcs are just a peace-loving race discriminated against by the evil imperialist elves. Or using Harry Potter again that Hagrid is a transexual black man who looks and talks suspiciously like Will Smith.
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TopicHave you read the bible?
Unbridled9
11/07/19 8:11:25 PM
#7
Yup. Multiple times. It can be distilled down to 'We are all sinners but God sent Jesus to die for us so that we may be redeemed and have the chance to go to heaven after we die; but we have to accept Jesus into our lives and live in a good and godly manner by doing so to be saved.' As well as 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you', 'unconditional love, caring, and kindess', and the classic 'ten commandments'.

However that's lying saying that LotR is 'about two potentially gay midgets throwing a ring into a mountain to save the world' with 'something about a fellowship and an elf and a dwarf fighting orcs on the side'. Or Harry Potter is 'About a boy who learns special magic happens when he waves his wand around and the series ends with his friend beating a snake'.
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TopicHas an ad ever made you buy the advertised product?
Unbridled9
11/06/19 6:20:11 PM
#42
Yup. I mean, the ad is part of the way to get info on a product and decide if it might be desirable to you.
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TopicHow do you start your primary vehicle?
Unbridled9
11/06/19 11:15:50 AM
#19
Whipping the slaves until they pull my carriage where I desire to go. So no key required to start it.
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Topic136 hours playing assassin's creed odyssey, ok?
Unbridled9
11/05/19 8:14:43 PM
#9
Aculo posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Aculo posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Have you found the Korok yet?

no but i have the master sword, ok?


Can't say you're done until you've found all the Koroks in Greece.

Fuck!


For there record, yes there IS a korok in Greece, but it's only a single one and there's no reward for finding it.
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TopicAre you ever worried about committing hypocrisy?
Unbridled9
11/05/19 7:31:39 PM
#17
Moonjay posted...
streamofthesky posted...
I definitely try to be logically consistent in my views as close to always as possible.
I usually end up butting heads w/ both the extreme left and extreme right due to that stance, so I guess I'm doing a good job of it.

One example: Being pro-choice
I don't think anybody should be forced to become a parent unwillingly and contraceptives and medical options should be readily available such that people who care about not being a parent till they're ready (or never) can pretty much be assured they will get to choose when/if they do.
Which...means I argue w/ the far right a lot.

BUT!
Being logically consistent....that basic right to not be forced into parenthood unwillingly (and certainly not as a "punishment" for promiscuity...why would anyone want a child to be seen as a punishment?) extends to both men and women. So I fully support "legal abortions" for would-be dads to sign away their parental rights and be free of any obligations to support the child. Which...leads to me arguing w/ the far left a lot, who seem to think only women shouldn't face "the punishment" of parental obligations for their lifestyle choices.


According to all surveys, I'm a mega ultra liberal... But I agree with the second part too. When I first heard about it, my first reaction was something about how men shouldn't be able to get away from it. But then I had a deep discussion with my husband about it and realized that my initial reaction was just a relic of toxic feminism and my upbringing... The idea that the man should be punished for causing a pregnancy. It is physically impossible for reproductive choices to be completely even and fair for both men and women. It's simply a fact. But that legal idea goes some way toward a man having an actual choice. I've experienced the monetary punishment of the man as the child. :P


I think that the issue is that it just never comes up in these arguments. It's wholly eclipsed by the question of the woman's right so most people simply never even consider it and, thusly, never get confronted by the question of if it should be a thing or not.
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Topic136 hours playing assassin's creed odyssey, ok?
Unbridled9
11/05/19 11:28:32 AM
#5
Aculo posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Have you found the Korok yet?

no but i have the master sword, ok?


Can't say you're done until you've found all the Koroks in Greece.
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Topicso that blizzard boycott sure got shut down fast once blizzcon started, ok?
Unbridled9
11/05/19 10:01:52 AM
#35
Aculo posted...
i'm not boycotting china. if anything, it's the chinese government that are pieces of shit, not the citizens, ok?


Sure, but the CCP has it's fingers in almost every pie and cracks down a ton on its citizens.
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TopicEthics question: Is it alright to use the information gained via torture
Unbridled9
11/05/19 10:00:35 AM
#39
You guys get information from torture?
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Topic136 hours playing assassin's creed odyssey, ok?
Unbridled9
11/05/19 9:57:30 AM
#2
Have you found the Korok yet?
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TopicHow do you feel about Beto pulling out?
Unbridled9
11/04/19 10:14:09 AM
#13
papercup posted...
He was never going to win


Yea. I mean a lot of the stuff he said and did basically ensured that a paper cup could have run against him and won. He may have actually hurt the democratic party even if their candidate outright disavows him. But let's be honest here; it doesn't really matter who the Dems run in 2020. What matters is if they can smear Trump enough and get enough voters to turn-out in battleground states to dislodge him. About the only way their candidate actually matters is if they do something obscenely stupid like get caught promising Xi to recognize the nine dash line.
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TopicHow do you feel about Beto pulling out?
Unbridled9
11/04/19 4:33:05 AM
#4
Expected.
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TopicBig three announcements Blizzcon
Unbridled9
11/02/19 5:13:14 PM
#7
Would have been Shadowlands. But the freaking PR disasters of late mean I'm not likely to get their stuff for a while.
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TopicWhy do people love Firefly so much?
Unbridled9
11/02/19 10:02:00 AM
#1
I mean, it only ran for one season and got canceled, so it couldn't have been THAT popular, right? Yet I see it popping up all over the dang place and getting referenced constantly. What the heck? Why do people love the show so much?
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TopicAre you OK with not getting a Nintendo Switch for Christmas?
Unbridled9
11/02/19 9:43:05 AM
#18
Yes.

Because I already have one.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicJesus Christ, it's like no one is acknowledging that XIII remake is coming out!
Unbridled9
11/01/19 11:21:14 AM
#4
FFXIII is getting a remake? Really? I mean, it's not the worst game around, but I thought it was still modern enough to not need a remake.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicAre you ever worried about committing hypocrisy?
Unbridled9
11/01/19 10:50:23 AM
#6
Nope. My philosophy is that it's only hypocrisy if I don't change my ways once I realize what I'm doing is hypocritical.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicApparently, Ireland and New Zealand are the most free countries in the world
Unbridled9
10/31/19 10:59:29 AM
#3
Well of course. I mean, they're the free people of middle earth!
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicHow many of you attend church regularly?
Unbridled9
10/31/19 6:00:53 AM
#15
No. I have to work Sundays or else not be able to make rent.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicEpstein autopsy: findings more consistent with *homicidal* strangulation
Unbridled9
10/30/19 11:06:12 AM
#14
I'm pretty sure everyone knew it wasn't suicide from the get-go.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicEach Chapter in FF15 is a sendup to their respective FF entry
Unbridled9
10/30/19 7:16:42 AM
#2
I don't recall FFI starting with me pushing a car.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicDo you like popeye's chicken sandwich more or chick fil a's?
Unbridled9
10/29/19 6:19:31 AM
#29
Who cares? It's about the chicken. Unless they found a way to make their chicken target gays or were denying service to them or something just focus on the chicken sandwiches.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicThey should make waluigi's mansion next
Unbridled9
10/28/19 7:42:58 AM
#13
I'm not sure they could make an entire game set in a trailer home.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicWhen choosing to breed, how do heterosexuals select a mate?
Unbridled9
10/27/19 1:17:20 AM
#6
Zareth posted...
We compare stats and see what the best options are for inherited skills.


Don't forget IV and natures as well as a massive supply of dittos!
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicI've been rewatching all of the original Dragon Ball. Ask me anything.
Unbridled9
10/26/19 5:55:07 AM
#12
MICHALECOLE posted...
Link or pizza?


Link on a pizza.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicI've been rewatching all of the original Dragon Ball. Ask me anything.
Unbridled9
10/26/19 2:51:06 AM
#10
Neptune, Noire, Blanc, or Vert?
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicIs it just me or is Bethesda...
Unbridled9
10/26/19 2:48:10 AM
#1
Basically the Washington Redskins from South Park at this point? Just change the name, make Cartman the manager, and change the name of their new Fallout service to 'Fallout: **** You' and you have a South Park episode.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicAre you getting The Outer Worlds?
Unbridled9
10/24/19 9:46:33 AM
#23
I'll probably get it when it comes out on Steam.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicHow can 0 be both a real AND an imaginary number?
Unbridled9
10/24/19 2:38:16 AM
#9
Aculo posted...
Unbridled9 posted...
Aculo posted...
Cacciato posted...
GanonsSpirit posted...
How can you accept government handouts while being against government handouts?


Be against certain handouts or certain amounts/habits/whatever while also not exhibiting said behaviors or taking those handouts. I mean the term covers a lot and someone taking a small food handout to get by in a tough month is probably not the same as someone effectively living on government dime. Or, in other words, 'I'm against the handouts that allow those lazy bums to just coast by while barely working. The only reason I'm on handouts is because the bills are so high and my job doesn't pay enough to let me eat.'

his parents pay for his housing/food/school/etc, and he uses gov't money for his expensive video game habit. i'm not making this up. he has told us on several occasions in the past that is what he does, ok?


*shrug* If you are referring to him specifically I have no clue. But there is nothing inherently contradictory about 'hating government handouts' while being on them. If I misunderstood the situation I am sorry.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicHow can 0 be both a real AND an imaginary number?
Unbridled9
10/23/19 2:24:43 PM
#7
Aculo posted...
Cacciato posted...
GanonsSpirit posted...
How can you accept government handouts while being against government handouts?


Be against certain handouts or certain amounts/habits/whatever while also not exhibiting said behaviors or taking those handouts. I mean the term covers a lot and someone taking a small food handout to get by in a tough month is probably not the same as someone effectively living on government dime. Or, in other words, 'I'm against the handouts that allow those lazy bums to just coast by while barely working. The only reason I'm on handouts is because the bills are so high and my job doesn't pay enough to let me eat.'
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicThe Outer Worlds looks sick
Unbridled9
10/23/19 2:09:09 PM
#88
deoxxys posted...
wwinterj25 posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
The first Fallout game was made by Interplay


So they created Fallout. I don't think anyone claims Bethesda did. Although Fallout only really became interesting to me when the 3rd came out. This is probably in part to Bethesda.

Well Bethesda also killed the series with FO4/FO76, I think they just got lucky when they changed the formula to be a 1/3rd person action rpg adventure series.


I don't know what's wrong with the higher-ups at Bethesda but 76 has been a non-stop explosion of terrible decisions and design flaws. You'd think that they would have gone 'okay. This game is dragging our rep through the gutter right now. We need to either shape up and at least act all nice and friendly and pro-player for a bit if we don't want to fail or ship out and cut our losses.' And it's not just FO76 either. What the heck is wrong with Bethesda?
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TopicThe Outer Worlds looks sick
Unbridled9
10/22/19 8:01:25 PM
#62
wolfy42 posted...
I didn't watch reviews etc on it, but not surprised people are saying it's basically Fallout NV 2 heh.

Honestly between 3 and NV, I can't really choose, but.....the game system itself was probably better in NV, I just loved Fallout 3 so much and it was so fresh and new, that comparing to it is very hard.

My biggest problem is deciding what to play first, I'm prob gonna go with guns + decent persuasion, normal int (for full dialog options), and maybe ditch strength (since I can use the pack rat perks etc and I'll have 2 companions to deal with carry load).

Now, I don't know if they offer an evil option in this game, but ....I'll go good for the first run with persuasion etc.....and then......ALL MELEE EVIL KILL EVERYTHING MURDER HOBO for the second *muahahah*.

Those have always been my favorite play throughs in fallout games...perhaps that is what I need to do to actually get into and finish Fallout 4, just skip the normal play through and go all evil murder death kill on the game.


Let's hope it's less buggy than NV. While I liked it a lot I recall getting multiple game-ending bugs whenever I tried to play NV back in the day.
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I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your ***! - White Mage
TopicThe Outer Worlds looks sick
Unbridled9
10/22/19 7:53:58 PM
#60
DirtBasedSoap posted...
he said the game comes out in 2020 when it actually comes out on Friday!


Cause it does.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/578650/The_Outer_Worlds/?snr=1_7_15__13

See? Plain as day.
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