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red sox 777 posted...

I don't know what Elon Musk's judicial views are but supposing they were consistent with Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Scalia, etc. then he would be an acceptable choice.

So, I mean... would you have voted for Roy Moore?

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Actually, I'll revise. I do see your point. Kavanaugh's judicial perspectives are pretty much what trump would have on the court.

However, it's wrong that Kavanaugh specifically was confirmed. There are plenty of other justices with nearly identical perspectives out there. Trump and the senate did a horrible job in that regard- plenty of advisors were screaming "no" on him.

Why was he specifically chosen? It's truly a failure and harms our country

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red sox 777 posted...

The voters delegated that choice to Trump, and the Republican senators. Mitch McConnell made perfectly clear with the Merrick Garland stuff in 2016 what the process for choosing Supreme Court justices was going to be. Whether it's Brett Kavanaugh or Elon Musk is immaterial as long as it's someone whose judicial views was consistent with the list of judicial candidates Trump put out during his campaign.

First of all, are you saying Elon Musk is consistent with the list of judicial candidates Trump put out during his campaign?

You're not viewing this from an American standpoint. When your representative does something wrong, you hold them accountable. Your perspective is extremely passive.

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red sox 777 posted...

Well that's what it is. Because Kavanaugh wasn't chosen for that Supreme Court seat because of who he is as a person. He was chosen because he would reflect the judicial philosophy chosen by the voters at the elections. On some level, whatever he did or didn't do in his personal life is completely irrelevant. The voters are entitled to the judge of their choosing.

I know plenty of republican voters, and none of them voted for kavanaugh.

You're using backwards logic.

A few friends and family members have used it, which leads me to believe it's a common talking point from right-wing media. Basically, it's catapulting over the normal discussion of "is this right?" to the discussion of "can anyone stop them?"

They're skipping over the discussion of "is this right" because they know it's wrong.

Now, acknowledging this, I will still engage with the point.

You're saying that, if Elon Musk promised Trump and the republican senate 10 billion dollars in some legal fashion, and they nominated and confirmed him to the supreme court, this would qualify as the voters getting a judge of their own choosing?

This is a logical fallacy. It's saying "well, you decided to drive a car every day, so the weather today is the weather of your own choosing".

There was no way for the voters to predict Kavanaugh specifically would be confirmed.

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Corrik7 posted...

What makes you believe that

I was lucky enough to be working from home the day the hearings were held. I had the live stream on a third monitor throughout the day, so I saw all of both Ford's and Kavanaugh's testimony.

Did you watch the testimony? Was it just highlights, or just Kavanaugh's, or what? I feel like I can't understand where you're coming from unless I know. I could understand someone thinking Kavanaugh as just fine if they only watched the FOX News highlight reel.

Now, given all of that, it's objective that Kavanaugh sidestepped and blustered through as many questions as possible.
It's also objective that he intentionally lied about anything he thought he could get away with.
It is an objective fact that he tried to flip questions around and directly antagonize the committee members.

I honestly don't see a problem with being a teenager and being irreverent, but if you're lying in a situation like this, you are objectively full of shit and do not belong on the supreme court.

Devil's triangle was objectively a slang term for a threesome that he objectively used. He said it was not. This already qualifies him as full of shit.
Boofing was objectively a slang term for sticking something up a butt that he objectively used. He said it was not. This already qualifies him as full of shit.
His claim that his title of "Beach Week Ralph Club- Biggest Contributor" being related to puking from hot sauce already qualifies him as full of shit.
His refusal to admit that he had ever thrown up from drinking was objectively full of shit. This alone qualifies him as full of shit.
His claim that "renate alumnus" was a flattering term was objectively full of shit.

The list goes on and on. Do you honestly think he was being on the level for any of that? For *all* of that?

The sheer volume of times he would interrupt and talk over the committee members to try to muddy the waters is a tactic of a bullshitter.

I actually would be interested in sitting down with a Kavanaugh supporting friend or relative and watching both hearings and seeing what they thought in real time

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i wouldn't say i'm "more inclined" to believe one or the other

but i still can't understand anyone who couldn't see kavanaugh as being anything other than full of shit

*unless* they're just viewing it as a team sport- yankees vs. red sox, blue vs red, it doesn't matter who's good or bad as long as my team wins

edit: sorry for the triple negative, but i'm not fixing it

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yeah, i knew halo was going to win, but i felt like i'd be happier putting LiS in there

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Final Fantasy XV
The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series
Fallout 4
Fire Emblem: Awakening

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Yuri_LowelI posted...

*spoilers*

mmmmmMMMMMMmmmm

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Punnyz posted...

I'm being punished for caring about a cat that I loved and was taken away from me

You're being punished for not following up with the vet.

I'm sorry you're in pain. I noticed recently that I was causing problems for myself by being sloppy and procrastinating on things.

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i'm a glutton, i think i've at least tried something like 70

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that does sound like bs. i guess if you let go of the idea of collecting everything it'll be more palatable

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TomNook posted...

Both, but World is waaaaay better.

i can't remember well enough to know if this is true. but i do remember people always saying this

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i was wondering why my stonks were up 11% today

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Walt until she finds out about video games

For what it's worth, my baby sister really enjoyed "destroy all humans" when she was 7, and played the various Bethesda games as evil characters.

She turned out fine

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Only the president, fox news and a little bit on the internet

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MrSmartGuy posted...

I enjoy 4's story (and every other MGS's story) a LOT more than 5's, but I don't think there's any denying that 5 is the smoothest MGS to play by a country mile.

Yep. 4 was a wonderful capstone to the series, but especially in a vacuum 5 is more fun.

4 requires nostalgia for 1, 2 and 3 to work at all

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This won't beat out 9/11 in the long term.

9/11 permanently changed western society by enabling the surveillance state. It made airports, concert venues, and schools miserable and took away our sense of privacy.

It also inspired the horrible foriegn policy and multiple wars that affected the entire globe, as well as the waves of xenophobia that have officially risen to power in the past five years

Long term? This virus might just make people more cool with hanging out online or working from home.

It's a more personal story. So I guess ultimately it's a silly question.

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This disease is killing and will continue to kill a shitload of people

If you say you're not at least a little worried about your older relatives you're just an ignorant memester

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Mafia is for.. for buffOOns and directly related to the post-truth era of discourse in our community

Why, back in my day if we had charlatans running about shouting blatant lies- I guess the kids call it "gas lighting" nowadays- heavens knows where THAT phrase comes from- I said if we caught someone running around like that we'd teach em a lesson they wouldn't forget!

Now everyone's so fragile, worried about feelings or something they won't let you discipline your own dang grandchildren, let alone anybody else

So they just let the people keep on lying and lying! And eventually, what do you know, one of them gets elected to the white house! Can't even tell the truth about the weather. Whoever thought a little small town justice was a bad idea ought to be ashamed of themselves

You have to nip things in the bud! Because if you don't, one stupid dandelion turns from yellow to white and you've got an infestation and you'll never get rid of them.

What was I talking about again? Oh, right right right

So in this game people just act annoying on purpose, and that's the point. You just, just wear each other down over time

My father used to tell me working out at the gym was stupid- if you really need to do something there are plenty of ditches that need to be dug, or failing that, just yard work anywhere. Do something productive! Knock out two birds with one stone, not zero birds with two stones!

We're now at the point in our society where we're working out our brains, betraying our friends for fun when we could be solving REal problems. So much pointless stress over a bunch of baloney

Where's my grandson? I need him to bring me back to my bed...

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Something sickly funny that this racist Biden ad maintains the meme of his supporters can never name a position they support.

I'm kind of an idiot- can someone explain the racist part of this ad? It doesn't really look racist to me.

But idk, racism it's in the eye of the beholder, I guess.

Do agree on the Biden camp not having any issues that support other than a vague "let's be normal"

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i always think of the sprite design, but her 'uniform' is flat out better and less embarrassing


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welp, i'm now working from home for the forseeable future

bought up a shit ton of canned food & stuff, we'll see how it goes. i hope everyone's overreacting

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what's crazy is that after this traumatic crash, my stonks are right about at the level they were almost exactly a year ago.

i feel like it'll have to go farther down before this is considered a full and true correction. deciding if and when i should put what cash i have in

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tag yo

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I would guess stardew valley, but it's hard to know.

I'd vote for hollow knight in the actual poll

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The dungeons and combat are the weakest parts of the series, and they get progressively better as the series goes on.

If you're worried about giving up because of poor gameplay, start with 5.

If you're more committed, start with 3.

4 is probably my favorite

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Sure I am, but I'll survive.

There are already a good number of people in my city with it, and I ride public transit to work so it's kind of out of my control

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In terms of contest strength, though, I'm not sure.

Probably a metal gear solid title or re2

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shane15 posted...

I've never really got the hype with stuff like Half Life and Portal.

Portal and portal 2 are among the greatest games of all time.

I'm not so much of a half life fan, but it was incredibly influential and spawned one of the top modding scenes of all time

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1235794710444326913?s=21

Im so tired of this.

If Biden loses to Trump we all deserve it.

Holy shit what a trash program.

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I generally avoid day trading and just throw everything into funds like VUG.

I know I could be missing out, but I also doubt I'm smarter than actual hedge fund managers

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by law you must let everyone into your house at any time and you cannot kick them out

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Wow, that's aggressive. I'm sorry you don't have your phone anymore. Do you have a password lock on it, at least?

Makes me want to put one of those invasive remote tracking apps on my phone

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somehow this topic is the thing that made me realize my life has been pretty stagnant since i graduated from college

the 2000s feel so much larger to me than the 2010s

granted, i've played roughly the same number of games in each decade (somewhere in the high 60s), but even what i was playing in 2000 feels so different from what i was playing in 2010

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Cool, I'll keep it on my radar

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I had read about not being saitama, but I thought you played exclusively as the various characters that would be rescued by him in each episode

But a custom character is a better idea

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If you're in a family you are already 100% going to be exposed to whatever easily transmittable stuff your family members have, no matter what, even if you don't develop symptoms

You're spending all your time in the same enclosed area. Your immune system develops somehow.

You also get to develop social norms, like washing hands before dinner. Your hands aren't going to magically develop a disease between then and walking to the dinner table

This combination of factors makes me think the hand touching is a non issue

I can't imagine being in a family that can't hug or shake hands

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KCF0107 posted...

Ori and DOOM is a killer combo

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Love to see all the old dudes in here that are experts on what it's like to be in high school in 2020

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SwiftyDC posted...

Nah, it's easily Minecraft/Dota 2.

I noticed this match and thought it was perfect

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Testosterone is a helluva drug

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If it's Bernie 30, Biden 25, Pete 20, Klobuchar 15 I think it's within the scope of Klobuchar's delegates to run off and endorse the next most similar candidate

If it was like... Biden 30, Sanders 25 and Warren 25 you'd probably expect the two progressives to work something out

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That's a really good question.

I think ff7 did have to be my first long/epic rpg. I had already played a ton of games, but still remember being blown away by the scope and scale

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Aw man, I thought the topic said the game was a free ATM, like there was a glitch to farm a currency that could be converted to USD

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AirJordan2345 posted...

whose gonna take care of you when you're old then?

My piles of money accrued by not taking care of children

I used to be 100% on the no kids train.

But! I've found the things I was afraid of- routine, commitment, obligation- can creep up on you anyway

I have a good relationship with my parents- that's one thing I'd like to pass forward

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Sylveon is great because it is creepy.


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ertyu do you vote?

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All I know is that I'm over forgiving the crazies.

After GWB left office I forgave all the gung-ho idiots that were ecstatic about the Iraq war. The ones that tried to shame you if you said anything out of line. The willfully ignorant

I was just so full of relief that I didn't care anymore. It was over. We'd learned our lessons and we wouldn't do it again.

But a mere 8 years later they did it again. People as a mob are just terrible. I don't know what the solution is, but the leaders that have broken the law must be prosecuted to the full legal extent.

Hitting the snooze button for another 8 years is not a winning formula

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Paratroopa1 posted...

oh no, I mean like, a friend has been running a custom game of his for us for a long time, and I just play that instead of actually knowing any mainstream games

sounds like a good group of friends, and the right way to do it

Eddv posted...

Pathfinder 2 is proof that the good people at Paizo cannot do even basic math. The entire system is predicated on the math being very tight. As a result the game is basically disasterpiece theater starting at around level 6.

at this point, i think it might just be an inherent weakness of all d&d style power-advancement adventuring games. i don't think i've played a campaign that felt good beyond level... 8? 12? somewhere around there either combat falls apart or the video-gamey nature of the systems fully reveals itself

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