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DevsBro posted...

Yeah, that's probably part of it. It doesn't tend to bother me but when I think about it, my favorite parts of Gundam overall have no mention of Newtype stuff. Well, expect Four's story.

The newtype stuff doesn't bother me when it just makes the characters better pilots. Even Amuro holding back the asteroid in CCA wasn't too egregious. But when the characters go from skilled pilots to space wizards I lose interest.

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DevsBro posted...

Unicorn kinda finished weak IMO. The first two episodes were amaze but--dunno if I just got used to it or what but--by the end I wasn't so impressed anymore.

Honestly, The more UC Gundam focuses on newtype bullshit, the worse it gets. The first few episodes of Unicorn were great. The final episodes were terrible. Instead of a climactic battle against the Neo Zeong, we get time travelling space ghosts and crystal armor.

OctilIery posted...

For the Unicorn? I've heard it's better than the MG but haven't heard how or why, though the weapons sets look amaaaazing

I've built the MG, RG, and PG. The MG is easily the worst version. Its extremely fiddly and has terrible articulation. The PG is a great centerpiece if you put the LED kit in it, but its also not super poseable. The RG is fantastic. It balances the transformation and articulation better than any other version, and the full armor kit is really stable despite all the added weight.


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33

Which is my actual age. Weird.
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Machete posted...

deathpainter posted...

Even venomless (which would essentially kill the thing anyways) it would still be a very unpleasant experience. Those things have very sharp legs that they use to catch and kill prey while waiting for the venom to take effect. One that size could easily give him a dozen good pinches all at once up his arm.

yeah, that's why I wouldn't want one. I can't even imagine the bite force on it too. I tried looking it up but I couldn't find it for that species.

They aren't beginner inverts for sure. I've got several spiders that are technically more venomous, but they don't spook me half as much as the centipedes I've had.
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viewmaster_pi posted...

and yes, for those unaware, those aren't fangs, they're actually legs that evolved to stab and inject venom

on the other side of the family tree, house centipedes use their thin, ropey forelegs to catch and basically ensnare prey, but i gotta be honest, for as many that live in my house, I have never ever seen one catch or eat any other bug

I've been tempted to snag a house centipede and throw it in a small terrarium to see how well they take to it. But I've never had an empty tank the few times I've found a house centipede in the house. Might be interesting to see how they feed.
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Machete posted...

deathpainter posted...

Hell, that's just a bad idea. Its always weird seeing vids of people handling the more potent inverts. Its being chill in that clip, but it doesn't take much to set them off. Just like the people who handle old world tarantulas, its not safe for the spider or the keeper.

yeah. I really like caterpillars so if there was some type that got that big, I would love to have them as pets. That centipede? Not even if it was venomless.

Even venomless (which would essentially kill the thing anyways) it would still be a very unpleasant experience. Those things have very sharp legs that they use to catch and kill prey while waiting for the venom to take effect. One that size could easily give him a dozen good pinches all at once up his arm.
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Machete posted...

but also... Imagine this >_<

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU4sCZxEJ0c

I'm trying to desensitize myself to the house ones but this? This is yikes.

Hell, that's just a bad idea. Its always weird seeing vids of people handling the more potent inverts. Its being chill in that clip, but it doesn't take much to set them off. Just like the people who handle old world tarantulas, its not safe for the spider or the keeper.
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I've got a cherry red centipede in my collection right now, and its mean as hell. 8 inches of legs and hate. I really don't like house centipedes, but they are harmless. Any scolopendra centipede will make you hate life if it bites you. And they really want to bite you.
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I recently had an abscess in a similar spot. Was a pretty awful experience. The packing is terrible, but it hurt way worse getting put in than pulling it out. Especially the second time they packed it, when it wasnt pumped full of anesthetics.
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TheGreatGeno6 posted...

MrNintendo1213 posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

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voldothegr8 posted...

Pit bull nutters: "It's bad owners"

*Pit bull in loving family snaps and disfigures family member*

Pit bull nutters: "Well they should have seen the signs"

There are bad owners and then there are uninformed owners.

Bad owners encourage bad behavior, while uninformed owners do things that trigger dogs without knowing it. The latter happens with a plethora of dog breeds. If you want some anecdotal examples; my father was mauled by a german shepherd when he was a kid. I was attacked by a mastiff rescue when I was a kid.

The fact is that all research into pit bull behavior demonstrates that they are not wildly different from any other dog. They are relatively not people aggressive, but have a higher propensity for being dog aggressive overall.

And yet there are clearly many more reports of pit bull attacks than other breeds. So maybe instead of continuing with your piss poor analytical methodology, you instead realize that maybe there's a bit more behind these numbers.

Ah yes, it's a huge conspiracy by the media conglomerate to paint these dogs in a bad light.

...really? Conspiracy? That's what you jump too?

When people tell you to look at all the facts, that doesn't always mean they're saying "media conspiracy." You know that, right?

It's either one of two things. A conspiracy, or maybe, just maybe, it's reported more because it happens more. Oh but that just a ridiculous notion.

Who said it doesn't happen more? More is relative. If I have more pizza than Todd, and Todd has a crumb with a bit of pepperoni grease on it that doesn't mean much.

You know what happens more than pit bulls attacking and killing someone? TVs falling and killing someone. If that's what matters, the exact number of deaths, why don't you care about the spree of deaths caused by the square terror? Do you think that children dying is okay? Are you going to make fun of this instead of actually reasoning against it? Is it funny when people die?

Again, TVs aren't a living being that has a propensity for being aggressive towards other living beings

And even if we did agree with your dishonest claim that they have a propensity for being aggressive, why does that matter? The end result is dead kids in both scenarios. TV's aren't necessary for modern living, but they enrich our lives. Dogs aren't necessary either, but millions of people's lives are improved by their pets. So why exactly does it matter? If it's not dead kids that has you outraged and terrified, what is it?
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TheGreatGeno6 posted...

Yes I'm sure every one of the thousands of news stories about pits ripping children's throats out is a complete lie made up by a secret society of pitbull haters.

Considering that only 15 kids were killed last year by ANY breed of dog, the lie is that there are "thousands of news stories" in the first place.
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TheGreatGeno6 posted...

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voldothegr8 posted...

@OctilIery
@GregShmedley
@Taharqa_

Sure, let's use the data in this chart to see what we can learn. In 2018, about 600 people were attacked by pit bulls. Again, let's be generous and say every one of those was by a separate correctly identified pit bull. With 3.5 million pit bulls in the country, that means 0.016% of pit bulls attacked someone that year. 1 in 6250. Hell, here are some more statistics. In 2018, 26 people were killed by pit bulls. 26 people in a country of 325 million people. You literally have a better chance of getting killed by fucking lightning (49 average deaths per year) than a pit bull.

You say that pit bull owners are afraid to admit that they don't care about kids getting mauled to death, but why the hell should anyone care about such insignificant numbers? If we have to start caring about every single minuscule cause of death in the country, there are thousands of much much more likely things to worry about than dog attacks. Every year, 41 kids are killed by falling TVs. Every year 40 people die while skateboarding. But I don't see anyone saying that people need to license their TV's and skateboards to protect the children.

Here we go. Thank you, I like your post. I'm going to keep referring to this one when the pit bull-phobic people keep ignoring the whole picture and only want to look at one statistic.

Regulate all TVs they are square terrors that must be dealt with. If you disagree to the regulation and restriction of purchasing tvs you are saying you don't care about the deaths of all of those children. More deaths than the pit bull people are ignoring.

What an utterly stupid and idiotic comparison. Imagine thinking this nonsense is a valid counter argument lmfao

Why isn't it valid? Most of the argument here is that they arent safe based on the pure number of attacks. Pure numbers say they are less likely to kill someone than lightning or a falling tv.

Do you not care about children being crushed by tvs? Are you just going to ignore the facts because your precious wittle tv would never hurt anyone? That's what all tv owners say, until their vicious square terror kills an unsuspecting toddler.

Hey since we bumped into eachother here, what percent of pit bulls not attacking people would you need to exist before you would concede that they are safe? Because currently the number is 99.9% of them.

TVs arent living beings known for being aggressive to human children and dogs

And pit bulls are only known for being aggressive to human children because cowards keep spreading the lie.
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TheGreatGeno6 posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

@OctilIery
@GregShmedley
@Taharqa_

Sure, let's use the data in this chart to see what we can learn. In 2018, about 600 people were attacked by pit bulls. Again, let's be generous and say every one of those was by a separate correctly identified pit bull. With 3.5 million pit bulls in the country, that means 0.016% of pit bulls attacked someone that year. 1 in 6250. Hell, here are some more statistics. In 2018, 26 people were killed by pit bulls. 26 people in a country of 325 million people. You literally have a better chance of getting killed by fucking lightning (49 average deaths per year) than a pit bull.

You say that pit bull owners are afraid to admit that they don't care about kids getting mauled to death, but why the hell should anyone care about such insignificant numbers? If we have to start caring about every single minuscule cause of death in the country, there are thousands of much much more likely things to worry about than dog attacks. Every year, 41 kids are killed by falling TVs. Every year 40 people die while skateboarding. But I don't see anyone saying that people need to license their TV's and skateboards to protect the children.
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What is there to deny? If you want to take feelings and fear out of the equation and look at the actual stats that matter, you wouldn't compare the stats of pitbull bites compared to other breeds. You would compare the amount of Pitbulls to amount of pit bull attacks. A quick google search says there are between 3.6-4.5 million Pitbulls in the US. That's not a small number. In the last 10 years, pit bulls have maimed or killed about 3,600 people. Compared to 3.6 million, that's a fucking tiny number. 0.001% of pit bulls attacked someone. And that's being generous and assuming that every single attack was from a separate accurately identified pit bull. So ONE out of every THOUSAND pit bulls attacked someone.

So again, what is there to deny? Dogs aren't dangerous. Yeah, it's tragic when some kid gets killed, but it's statistically insignificant.
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Ive had a similar problem that started after a bad h pylori infection last year. Once I got over the initial infection symptoms, I weighed myself and saw that i had lost around 12 pounds in the space of a week. Losing weight with a stomach infection is pretty normal, but at the time it shocked the he'll out of me and I had a huge 3 day long panic attack.

From then on, I had really bad gastritis and bloating paint. I was put on several different gerd medicines and treatments, and after every new pill I would feel better for a few weeks, then it would come back. Eventually my doctor decided that being anxious about my stomach pain was ironically the reason I was having the stomach pain. Since I was anxious when I though my new meds would help, they ended up actually helping for a bit. And when I had a bad day, the pain would come back and the cycle would start again.

After a few different types of anti-anxiety meds, my stomach has almost recovered completely. I can imagine that being anxious about an up coming wedding might be setting off your own cycle.

Hope that helps.
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