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Wii_Shaker posted...

I don't need to list shit. Why do you think corporate jobs don't like employees to discuss their salaries? It's because some people get paid less for doing the same job. It might sound like I'm passing the buck but that's a job for HR. That's the reason some women need representation. It's the reason we have things like OSHA and workplace standards. But yes, there are those who are marginalized and their rights are just as important as everyone else's.

I'm not here to argue. That's just the point I'm trying to make. Let's not pretend it doesn't' exist though.

If you don't have statistics, you can't reasonably discuss the problem. It's like when people say "circumstance X has had a 1000% increase," but then you learn the occurrences of circumstance X were less than 50 in the first place. It's one thing to say you think it's something to be addressed in some form, and another to act like you did and say it's "it's a good place to start" as if it's some rampant problem with vast amounts of evidence.

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So is embezzlement and fraud but it still happens.

Then you'd need to list who is doing it, the frequency at which it happens, and why it's not being fixed in order to determine if it's a major problem or just an over-inflated talking point happening to some sub-1% amount of people.

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How naive must you be to think that this isn't a problem in the US?

Luckily, if you know of a business paying men and women differently based solely on their sex, you can report them because that is completely illegal.

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I never said that, I just don't believe that men need a movement behind their rights the way that women do. Even the Civil Rights Act of 1964 didn't grant blacks and other minorities equality. Just look at minority communities compared to white communities. Look at the disparity in the crime and incarceration rate. That's not equality.

Equal pay for women would be a good place to start though.

I feel like we must be speaking of different countries if you're talking about equal pay not being mandated by law.

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Ideally all civil rights make society much more bearable for all people as a whole.

Is this true in practice? Not at all.

Men don't need advocacy groups the same way women do. Women literally do not have the same representation.

Anyone who thinks men have it hard and need society to lift them up are crazy. Plus it defies all that is man.

Do you honestly think there are no issues inherent to men that need societal change? I don't really have an opinion either way on the necessity of men's rights groups in general due to them having the same potential issue of demonizing "the other side", but not having as many issues as another group does not mean there are no issues whatsoever.

The very core concept, sure. It's simply seeking equality. If everyone is brought to equal status, that's good for everyone. For how it is put into practice, no. The definition of feminism is fractured into many different ideologies, meaning it depends on who you're talking to. You have the pure equality people, you have the ones who probably mean well but work off of false narratives, and then you have the fringe man-hating cultists.

It's something that works for a minority of people and fails for a majority of people. It's a pipedream or a fetish that shouldn't become reality for most people. All the power to those who do it, but I imagine most of the people doing it are lying to themselves or will come to regret it eventually.

That sounds like it will be horrid. Church bells are bad enough and should be smashed to pieces, but at least those aren't common or frequent.

Honestly, there's not much difference between the top ten genociders in the world. They were all evil as shit, so trying to determine the most evil is kind of pointless. Though I think Stalin had like thirty years on Hitler, so Hitler ruling for that amount of time could have led to an even higher body count if that's the only comparison you're making.

Posting a reward, confirming the reward via phone, and then not following through is definitely dickish, but it's in no way legally binding. Owner should have called the cops and pressed charges.

No, we have enough of a hard time finding any for our employees, let alone personal use.

It really depends on how fun the whole experience was. If it's a really good boss where you're slowly getting down the patterns, making constant progress, YES. If it's a shitty section of a great game that would make me want to quit entirely, then finally.

Six total, primarily just use one for monthly purchases. Then just cycle the others for one purchase every three months.

They'll probably survive in some form as an online business, but I don't see the retail stores lasting beyond maybe a couple privately owned ones if they do the Blockbuster model.

That has to be fake.

Nah. We should be as safe as we can be for as long as we can be while taking reasonable measures continuing forward, but hell or high water we're just going to need to proceed with society at large at some point.

For something more obscure, I remember the Medabots RPG being surprisingly good.

It's always weird to even try to tie culture to race because it's mostly regional. Race has a factor in some regions, but regional culture is the larger factor.

I'd just leave on a two week international vacation like any sane person would in that universe.

I don't get these people who somehow turn "being fat" into a personality trait. How meaningless is your life that your size is the largest defining characteristic of yourself, both physically and mentally?

There's no reason not to buy it. It's going to be a convoluted mess that probably will finish on the PS6+, but doesn't mean you can't have fun with it.

In itself, no, but having XXX partners in XX years can be an indicator of other red flags. The total number is less important than the circumstances behind the number.

I don't care about height difference, but women taller than me tend to get into that zone where they're weirdly proportioned. One you get into the freaky height zone, it's a turn off.

If we're going to do that, just give them all automatic citizenship so they aren't under the radar. What's the point of this weird fucking limbo where we just tolerate their unknown existence? Either mass deport or grant mass citizenship. It should be one or the other.

It was undeniable trash that had no soul. Super had dozens of issues, but it at least feels like the same series due to AT at least being involved.

Working for fulfillment, makes sense. Not everyone likes a boring retirement routine. Working for the purpose of saving money you're never going to use, dumb.

Wasn't the main issue that he previously insulted people doing the same thing and yet now he's suddenly okay with it?

First two are good. Third was trash. Fourth was trash but a fun to watch trash. Prometheus was fine if a bit convoluted with all the lore they think people care about. The most recent one was average.

Never have, doubt I ever will. Don't see much point in blocking any conversation on an internet forum unless you're literally being harassed.

I feel like for games made for the purpose of being challenging, the introduction of difficulty modes or sliders just takes away from the time that can be better used to refine the core experience. Not every game needs to be playable by a quadriplegic using their eyes.

I think a plan to increase minimum wage faster than previously is good, but an instant jump is like telling a ton of small businesses to go fuck themselves. You need time to figure out how reflect increased wages in price increases, and customers need time to adjust to the increased prices.

They're not particularly useful when the country is designed around car travel. Public transportation of any kind is mostly only useful in large cities. In any other place, you need a car to even get to public transport in the first place.

As long as they're supplying the masks. In some places, it's still nearly impossible to get them.

I think average credit age is a pretty big factor, so just put them somewhere secure and take them out every six months for a single purchase. As long as they're not cards with fees, it'll only harm you to get rid of them.

"Minor attracted person." It's their sick way of trying to turn their illness into a normal sexuality. Instead of getting help, they try to convince themselves that they are normal, listing their "attracted age" as an LGBT person lists pronouns.

Christ, Colin Mochrie looks fucking 80 despite being 62.

It depends on the worker. When you roll up to the window just to be greeted by Jill Meth-Teeth and her toddler at the window for some fucking bizarre reason, you can definitely look down on them as a failure.

I feel like America would have failed regardless. The whole world pretty much failed. Another president certainly would have been less of a buffoon though.

Wouldn't that be more classism than racism? Stupid idea either way though.

The concept is good. The vile should be deprived of their lives rather than waste our time and money. The execution is not good. It should be immediately performed rather than waiting 20 years, but it should also only be done in clear cases of unambiguous guilt, like a clear video or dozens of witnesses.

China
No matter how bad any other country screwed up, it was over the second they tried to hide it. The only thing other countries can do is make it worse for themselves and their neighbors. Even if the US had ordered a national stay-in-place order the second we got a confirmed case, that wouldn't have helped Europe.

China has many problems for which it needs to answer, but that's not going to happen so long as it's big daddy in terms of manufacturing. The only way that happens is if the US boycotts them completely, but that's never going to happen.

Eh, I'd say some bitching is justified. I don't really have a ton of nostalgia for it, but I certainly wouldn't have been happy over Nomura continuing his KH-tier nonsense by bringing the FF7EU into it. I wouldn't boycott the game if I was interested in buying it, but that choice should be heavily criticized.