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Balrog0 posted...

I mean you can think whatever you want to but it should at least make you take a beat and think about it that the strategy everyone else pursued, including the rest of the administration, was to not be in support of gay marriage openly. I guess it could mean Joe biden is better at politics than Obama?

But that's literally what I said from the start. That they pursued a winning strategy to play politics. Then TC drops some bullshit about how they are allegedly my side and I am defending them for that. It isn't a defense, I am simply saying they pick stances to win elections.

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The change happened right when the majority of America supported gay marriage. I absolutely don't buy it was driven by anything other than votes. Whether they actually supported gay marriage or not is also hard to know because again not supporting was the popular stance to get votes (at the time they didn't). It's too convenient to believe their views just changed by chance once it was popular enough.

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Balrog0 posted...

But, again, in this case Biden wasn't playing politics, at least not cynically to get votes. The Obama administration was worried about backing gay marriage because they didn't want to lose iowa, north carolina, or ohio and they thought that they would if they did

Joe biden and all politicians are bad but on gay marriage he's one of the more courageous american politicians. Like I said, even Bernie just backed whatever vermont voters wanted as far as gay marriage went. Biden was ahead of the electorate

I don't get the logic here. Biden changed his stance on gay marriage but not to get votes unlike Obama who changed it to get votes? Based on what evidence?

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I am pretty sure the vast majority of people in America today descended from populations other than the first pilgrims.

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All I know is I never told my PS4 to back up my saves but I signed into my account on another PS4 once and was able to access my saves. I also did crossplay with my Vita in the same save without ever telling it to back it up, but I have had PS+ that whole time.

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itachi15243 posted...

It still turns on, according to the internet I mostly just need to log in and be on for my saves?

If you have PS+ and sign in that should be enough to have it backup your saves.

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I don't get why you would even need your PS4. Aren't the games just played off your PSN account and/or inserting PS4 discs into the PS5? All I can think of that would need your PS4 is transferring saves, which I assume is done through PS+. If you had it when you last used it your saves should be backed up waiting for you assuming you get PS+ again.

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Wait which side is my side? Because I don't like either of them lol. Just because I preferred Bernie over Biden and preferred Biden over Trump, doesn't mean any of them were "my side". I'm talking about the reality of how people get elected. Are you trying to tell me America has been electing presidents of virtue who have consistent beliefs and don't actually play politics?

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pogo_rabid posted...

Imagine making excuses for spineless, opportunistic bastards. People like you enable these kinds of people by not taking them to task for their BS because of the letter next to their name.

You have to play the game to win if you are a politician. All the principles in the world won't mean a thing if you never get elected.

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Garioshi posted...

FES is the definitive version, as it contains no pedophilia

WTF? I played P3P and absolutely no one has sex with a kid.

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The crazy thing about that is hackers have confirmed PS4 has working PS1 and 2 emulators on it. So they just decided to not use them for some reason.

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Shablagoo posted...

Eh, tankie-ism is overblown imo. So many lies have been told about the Soviet Union and the CCP by Western media that I hardly fault anyone for defending them.

Thats not to say they were/are perfect or that theyve done nothing bad, just that an untold number of lies have been levied against them and they did/are doing some good things. Critical support and all that.

They all did good things if you think state captialism under a dictatorship with little worker or human rights is a good thing. If you are a socialist then it should be obvious that isn't. The PRC doesn't even claim to be socialist. It specifically says it is doing state capitalism now and in the future (changed to 2070 this year) will start to become socialist and tankies still defend it. More millionaires than any country in the world. Homeless rate the same as the US. Working 9 to 9 for 6 days a week with no paid vacation, and forming a union or striking is illegal. What is the point of being socialist if you can look at that and pretend it is okay. Shit they still have those landlords you like to complain about constantly.

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Can someone explain what she did that pisses people off so much?

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It's incredibly cheap to print DVDs and it allows them to tap into a secondary market that would otherwise see new copies go for absurd prices. You also occasionally still see this for proprietary formats like the Mega Drive/Genesis or SNES/SFC but they're usually not licensed carts, just the software is licensed and the profit margin is much lower due to production costs.

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

The Dirtbag Left really poisoned the well, it seems

They saw some tanks roll in and kill striking workers/students etc. and thought "oh man I want to be those guys". That they have zero interest in actual socialist theory and don't care about inequality or human rights should be no surprise. Their motivation is the same as any other bootlicker, to be the guy getting his boots licked.

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Tankie, actually being socialist; pick one.

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I hate that grifters can delegitimize actual issues. Anita is probably a grifter, but that doesn't mean anything that gets labeled "SJW" is inherently wrong and doesn't have valid points. I think we can still discuss these things in media (sexism, representation, etc.) even if some loud people are acting in bad faith.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

That comes off as very dishonest. Whenever socialism or communism fails, advocates call it something else. Why it always mutates into not-socialism seems to be usually ignored in favor of blaming a popular system like capitalism.

How utterly convenient that must be.

Is that dishonest? You have averagejoel in this very topic saying those are the real socialist and the people who actually want socialism aren't. Tankies favorite thing to do other than deny genocide is accuse actual socialists of not being socialist. They usually mock them complaining about state capitalism by saying "why can't we just hit the implement socialism button". It's apparently the height of comedy that socialists actually want socialism instead of a state capitalist dictatorship to them.

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Veggeta X posted...

Unfortunately socialists on this websight and many other don't truly want that. They just want to stick it the people who fucked them over using socialism.

I don't think people who advocate for state capitalism under a dictatorship like USSR, North Korea, PRC etc. are really socialists. They constantly talk about how you need classes, inequality, capitalism, etc. until the time is right to get socialism (PRC said that was 2050, changed it to 2070 this year). So you are supposed to have no worker rights, little to no welfare, no ability to petition or vote for your leaders, but a vague promise of socialism sometime in the future is good enough? I just don't buy that these people are anything other than grifters searching for a path to power. If you advocate anarcho-socialism or democratic socialism you are probably a good person and I am always down to talk with you about the potential benefits of socialism versus welfare state capitalism. But if you are one of the "tanky" (Marxist-Insert Dictator Hereist) people there is no discussion to be had. You are morally bankrupt or brainwashed.

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The best part is all the cultists worshipping this guy. The cringe keeps piling up and they are going to be stuck with that shame.

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Reviews on Amazon Japan look pretty good so far. I see one guy whining about how enemies have too much health and he can't get stronger, but that's a classic "git gud" complaint. No one is losing their shit about non-white people (and in case you didn't know women in action games is the default in Japan, so they would definitely not find that unusual).

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Solid Snake07 posted...

Bruh.....the most extreme form of capitalism would be complete laissez faire. That is most definitely not even close to what China is

A lot of China kind of is like that if you have actually been there though. Little or poorly enforced regulations, people selling stuff right next to train stations that clearly don't have any kind of permit to do so, hell people selling crap right in the train itself. Tons of stuff that is clearly knockoffs sold everywhere. One time I watched some women roll all of their wares up into a giant blanket and run into a bathroom with them. I was super confused until I saw a cop walk by later. It's definitely very wild west in places as far as anything like rules and regulations on business go. The main form of enforced law you see in China is against political expression. If you express the wrong ideas, especially in a public way, you will find yourself in trouble.

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Conflict posted...

These people are actually regressive and doing harm to the cause of getting more minority representation in Japanese-developed video games. Who gives a flying one-way shit if the first NPC you see is black, it's better than having no black NPCs at all.

I am pretty sure this remake was developed by a Western company actually. But I agree about who gives a shit what gender or race any of the NPCs are. Unless you hate certain genders or races I fail to see how it matters.

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yunalenne10 posted...

Are you using Google Translate on your phone?

You can't use Google in China.

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Godnorgosh posted...

For one, American K-12 education typically fails to distinguish between the communism of Marx and the capital-C Communism of North Korea, the USSR, the PRC, etc. Most often, these are state-capitalist countries, or countries with capitalist economies (featuring capital accumulation, wage labor, etc.) plus central planning.

Marx and Engels used the terms "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably and while they did not define communism nearly as sharply as they did capitalism, features of capitalist economies in countries with central planning would not have been included in that definition.

Thank you for bothering to do basic research.

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No one in this topic even proposes real socialism though. They argue over welfare state capitalism and think that's somehow a discussion on socialism. This is why US politics is fucked. No one there knows what the words are they use to the point you can't talk about things. If you really want socialism to mean government doing stuff, then congrats, every country on Earth is socialist. Now you can read the communist manifesto and talk about the ideas in there and whether that is preferable to welfare state capitalism.

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Damn_Underscore posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

oh wait this is about why people don't like it

the government spending money or doing things isn't socialism. otherwise America is definitely socialist already and the word no longer has any meaning.

The only person who came close to the correct answer. Socialism isn't government doing stuff, every government in history would be socialist if it was. Unfortunately Americans, even most of those who claim to be socialist, have no idea what the word means and think it is just government doing stuff. They think European capitalist countries are socialist because they have welfare when welfare is literally unrelated to socialism.

Socialism is an entirely different economic system. The whole redistribution, taxes, etc. stuff isn't socialism, because if you had a socialist economy you wouldn't need either of those things. The means of production would be owned by the workers. You don't need to tax and redistribute something already owned by the people.

Now the worst thing to happen in recent history in America as far as advocating socialism goes is to start defending oppressive states that called themselves socialist but practiced state capitalism. North Korea, USSR, China, etc. These states had no workers rights (striking is illegal, and attempts to strike resulted in massacres in the USSR), oppression of minorities and political dissidants, etc. Now China, the PRC, is currently a golden boy for these people (who often get called tankies because of their love of using force to oppress people). There is just one major issue here... China itself doesn't claim to be socialist, it straight up admits it practices state capitalism, it claims in the future (used to be 2050, changed to 2070 this year) it will become socialist. All the stuff people whine about (landlords, for profit healthcare [if you can't afford treatment in China, going in debt isn't an option, you will literally be left to die]), no workers rights, real unions are illegal, striking is illegal, 996 [working from 9 to 9, 6 days a week, with no paid vacation], rampant consumerism, poor environmental regulations, etc.) In capitalism exists in China, because they are in fact capitalist, as their government itself claims.

So I would say the reason people fear socialism and communism in the US is because most people, including those who advocate for them, have no idea what they are. They think it's a label and you pick a label and defend it regardless of what the actual policy is. It's completely ridiculous but that has what it has become. If you live in a normal first world country and someone says they are socialist you probably have nothing to fear and they just want to work toward a better society for everyone. If you live in the US though they probably dream of an oppressive regime because they think they will be part of the new ruling class or something. If someone is defending the USSR, China, North Korea, etc. they aren't actually socialist and do not care about socialism. It's just a cool label for their authoritarian beliefs.

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It has nothing do with the quality of the product or any rational aspect, it simply isn't possible for Microsoft to overtake Sony this generation. Some fans will believe that, but you had people literally believing the One was going to outsell the PS4 even when MS stopped releasing sales figures.

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Isn't the gameplay identical? How can it be vastly better?

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What about people who belong to other religions? Do they believe in different aliens?

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I knew a homeless guy who spent money on Magic cards (it was a pile of commons, not like he was buying expensive stuff or even packs). I honestly don't care what they spend the money on. It's none of my business.

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That's a pretty standard belief among even moderate individuals in the US. There is a ton of "America is the best country in the world" belief without any sarcasm or nuance.

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It's the only one the matches the Japanese name: (Pijotto)

The first is Poppo and the second is Pigeon (Pijon). Some of the Japanese names are like that, where it's literally just the name of an animal in English.

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Is this going go down as one of the longest melties in internet history?

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You literally cannot know this. Crypto is no longer a bunch of nerds gambling on some new thing. Institutional investors are involved now (that's why futures are a thing now) and if you manage to profit it was because you got lucky. You do not have access to the resources and information those people do, you are playing blind in comparison.

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They got a few rereleases here. Wikipedia showing the last back in 2004 for 1, 2, and 3. I mean yeah the series was influential, but it doesn't hold up that well. There are a lot of 80s RPGs that aged far better. To me the biggest shame is that so many action and open world RPGs didn't get released outside of Japan so I have to constantly listen to people talk about how JRPGs are linear and turn-based, when actually action was so much more common in the 80s that was considered the Japanese style in contrast to turn based computer RPGs in America. Open world games also were fairly popular in the 80s and early 90s before the more linear curated experience became the preferred way to do things.

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Keep in mind that what Bernie called Democratic Socialism is actually Social Democracy, capitalist ideology. He even cobfirmed it himself in a debate when he said "not communism, Democratic Socialism like they have in Europe". Since no country is Europe is socialist, but many have social democracy, and since communism is simply a description of the end state of a socialist society (though he appeared to use it to describe state capitalist dictatorships that call themselves communist or socialist) it is clear he meant social democracy. He also never proposed any policies that would be socialist, simply welfare policies, much like social democracies have.

US politics is fucked because the words have all been rendered meaningless.

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In most of the world libertarian is a form of socialism (anarcho-socialism). In the US it is a label used for a variety of classical liberal ideologies as well as anarchist ideologies.

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BigB0ss13 posted...

Can you guys give me a shopping list of food to buy? The best kind of fruits, veggies, etc. Also how are canned beans? Keep in mind I can't or don't have cooking stuff.

https://www.vegkitchen.com/vegan-bodybuilding-6-meal-combos-make-complete-proteins/

Protein guide.

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Irony posted...

I use a bidet

I mean so do I, but that's just the standard here. :p

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This is a lot of games. Ghosts of Tsushima heavily sanitizes samurai and has a lot of archaic elements; bushido, haiku, etc. all came much later (when samurai no longer had wars to fight and needed to justify their continued existence). Just enjoy it for what it is.

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BigB0ss13 posted...

I can get same or better nurtients from uncooked veggies than cooked?

Better. Cooking breaks down some of them. You always have a net loss when you cook, though the method influences how much is lost.

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I think society would probably improve for a number of reasons.

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I eat a lot of nuts and various soy stuff (I live in Japan so the soy part is not really a challenge). They also sell a lot of plant based protein drinks and bars here, so I tend to have some of those. I also have protein powder at home that I use to make shakes for when I lift weights. I eat a lot of Indian food and go to a place here that has vegan curry (it's a chain called CoCoIchiban), but I am also seeing more and more places selling meatless versions of various dishes. It was much easier to be vegan or vegetarian in America in my opinion, so if you live there you have tons of options.

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cuh posted...

Why not both?

Yeah I don't get how being mentally ill some how precludes committing racially motivated crimes.

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Came in to say Dragon Quest V, but someone else did already. It definitely has the best father son relationship stuff in a JRPG.

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The traditional argument people like to make is that libertarians are just closet conservatives or various other things along that line, but the reality is a lot of people voted for her because they just wanted to vote for anyone other than Trump and Biden and she was on the ballot in every state. There are also a number of people who vote Libertarian every election so they essentially wouldn't have ever considered voting for either of the other two. Then finally you have some people who would have voted for either Biden or Trump if there was no other choice but which one they would be more likely to pick is hard to say without actual data. If it weren't Trump I would be more likely to say the Republican, but Trump is very authoritarian and it would be hard for many to see any appeal in his platform.

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Romulox28 posted...

there is very little actual roleplaying, i cant think of a jrpg ive played where there was actual meaningful player choice

There have been entire series of open world JRPGs since at least the NES era. Metal Max comes to mind first. There is also the Romancing SaGa series which recently got some remakes. Not to mentioned various individual titles throughout the years. If you want onen world JRPGs with lots of choices they exist.

I also find it funny that Western fans start making weird exceptions and rules to say the Souls games aren't Japanese RPGs. They also completely ignore From Software's previous King's Field and Shadowtower games so they don't need to admit they had been making these games since the PS1 era.

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