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| Topic | What do you pay subscriptions to? |
| blu 07/29/20 9:31:17 AM #6 | captpackrat posted... Amazon Prime totally forgot about Prime. I dont even think about that one. |
| Topic | What would you say is the rarest video game you own? |
| blu 07/29/20 8:46:55 AM #16 | Judgmenl posted... Xenosaga Episode 3. Normally goes for like $300-$400 on Ebay. Apparently Wild ARMs 5 (big box) also goes for a pretty penny. Holy crap I need to sell the copy I have at my parents house |
| Topic | What do you pay subscriptions to? |
| blu 07/29/20 8:17:51 AM #1 | Apple Music - $5/month Apple iCloud Storage - $1/month National Geographic Digital - $1/month GameStop Powerups Pro - $15/year PlayStation Plus - $32/year Other: Apple TV+ - Free with Apple Music for students HBO - Use GFs moms account Disney + - Use GFs moms account Hulu - Use GFs moms account Netflix - Use GFs moms account Off and On (1-2 months at a time), or have now and likely will not renew: Baltimore Aquarium - $75/year Longwood Gardens - $72/year Shonen Jump Digital - $2/month Marvel Unlimited - $7/month DC Unlimited - $7/month Kinda debating on getting some subscription recipes RC suggested to me that looked cool. Also debating on getting a UFC Gym or Pure Barre or LA Fitness membership, but I have my apartment and works gyms that work pretty well and the cost is quite a bit. $80 for UFC (empty, can walk there, classes, nice gym, doesnt offer much over my apartment/work gyms other than some convenience and a nicer/larger room), $140 for Pure Barre (super close, get less fit but good cardio), $30 for LA Fitness (packed, furthest away). |
| Topic | Does cishet white male privilege exist and why? |
| blu 07/29/20 7:36:12 AM #13 | masculinity, white privilege, white fragility, white flight, gentrification etc. Whats wrong with gentrification? |
| Topic | Does cishet white male privilege exist and why? |
| blu 07/29/20 7:35:15 AM #12 | Different backgrounds will give you different advantages and disadvantages in different situations. But more situations favor those who are cishet. |
| Topic | A PASSING Grade in Canada is 50. In America it's 60. WHICH should it be??? |
| blu 07/28/20 10:02:19 PM #8 | The_tall_midget posted... It should be 60. If you can't get MORE than half the answers right, you shouldn't be allowed to pass. Physics students just twiddling our thumbs here...especially in grad school getting a 60% would be considered doing very well depending on course. |
| Topic | So there's like a new $1200 stimulus check? |
| blu 07/28/20 5:23:46 PM #22 | Mead posted... Believe or not Im not an economist, but since money isnt really on a gold standard anymore, what are the downsides of the US just creating more capital digitally? Would that cause inflation? I guess I dont really get how money works Yeah. Supply and demand. Money is more in supply, so items cost more of it. Id like to know more about economics, thats probably the next big topic for me. |
| Topic | Cuphead is now on PS4!! |
| blu 07/28/20 5:21:41 PM #3 |
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| Topic | Cuphead is now on PS4!! |
| blu 07/28/20 5:18:01 PM #1 | So exciting. |
| Topic | I wish I had been here on PotD for the "good ole days" |
| blu 07/28/20 3:11:16 PM #11 | DirtBasedSoap posted... the internet was way cooler in 2004-2007 Cant even privately joke about the size of dongles anymore without having death threats. |
| Topic | So there's like a new $1200 stimulus check? |
| blu 07/28/20 1:57:18 PM #3 | Mead posted... no in fact you have to pay back that first one now since you asked I hear so many things like this I dont know what to even believe. Am I just borrowing from my future with these? |
| Topic | Oh nice, I'm getting a $1000 bonus. |
| blu 07/28/20 1:56:47 PM #3 | Its not an expected bonus or anything. Just randomly learned about it and was excited :/ Apparently its from working during COVID-19. |
| Topic | Oh nice, I'm getting a $1000 bonus. |
| blu 07/28/20 1:54:07 PM #1 | Thats like an extra $700! Buys me PS5 + Second Controller + Headset...gotta plan a trip through a state without sales tax to pre order when thats available. |
| Topic | So there's like a new $1200 stimulus check? |
| blu 07/28/20 1:49:06 PM #1 | If I qualified for the last one do I qualify for this one automatically? |
| Topic | I feel there needs to be a limit on poverty |
| blu 07/28/20 12:19:55 PM #7 | I dont think we should focus on income inequality but on raising standard of living at the low end. More people in the lowest class but still having a great life. |
| Topic | What's your most recent Amazon order? |
| blu 07/27/20 10:01:09 PM #4 |  |
| Topic | Who are all the smartest PotDers? |
| blu 07/27/20 9:45:19 PM #14 | Clench, RC, Adjl, Zeus, ParanoidObsessive, Magus, Judgmenl, Turtwig, Dynalo, Jack, TerrisUS... faramir or Sahaguin forget their usernames but something like that, MelonMaster, monkey(some numbers here), A bunch of others too, dont feel bad I I didnt mention you. |
| Topic | I'm surprised 43% of the people who play Detroit Become Humana are theists. |
| blu 07/27/20 9:39:14 PM #1 | 39% atheist 18% agnostic I forget how many theists there really are. Though 7% of the world and 4% of Americans are (wow that low?) from my quick bolded word google search (Im going to bed now) do not believe in god, so I guess thats actually a large portion. How are all my (better) friends either Atheist or Hindu? I guess friends are usually people with similar beliefs as you...maybe? Theres also a large fraction of only children in my close friend group, depending on how you slice it about half. Im also surprised 30% of people identify as non religious but only 5% as atheist. |
| Topic | Why is it okay for grocery store workers to work through this but not teachers |
| blu 07/27/20 5:27:20 PM #14 | argonautweakend posted... You can't ring people out remotely. self checkout adjl posted... Teaching is an essential service, but not one that has to be delivered in-person like groceries do. Ehhh, Id say babysitting is an equal part of their job as teaching and that interacting with others your age is more important than the classwork. Masks, distanced desks, cleaning solution at each desk, no recess or lunch periods. wwinterj25 posted... "Key workers" that work in essential businesses can take their kids to school and that's where the teachers come in over here. Teachers are certainly classed as "key workers" and even with schools been closed at times they are still working over here from home as I said. Not sure how other countries do this but I believe it's in September or possibly November all kids can go back to school with restrictions in place. My sister certainly doesn't want to send my Niece and Nephews back but she has started to let them see their friends for a bit. They are 10, 8 and 3 respectively. Theyre making all of fall virtual at a lot of the public places around me. Some Parents now itching to get to kids in some of the small privates that sound like theyre staying open. No word on spring. |
| Topic | Got 5G Wireless Network? |
| blu 07/27/20 5:18:06 PM #7 | ATT makes you have a high GB plan to get it free, so no iPhone doesnt do 5G, so no probably going to just go buy a iPhone SE realizing this and forget about 5g for the next 6 years |
| Topic | I'm gifting my parents a gift they got me like five years ago. |
| blu 07/27/20 5:12:39 PM #1 | Hoping they dont remember or ask. I do feel a bit bad about regifting it to who got it for me, but it seems to be the best way to go about it. I bought a used Apple TV 5 to replace my 4 and figured they could replace their Apple TV 2 with my 4 and it would serve as getting them a birthday gift I think theyd like They can move the 2 to another room. Id just give the 4 to them but they wouldnt accept it that way, and I was wanting to get them a newer Apple TV anyway because Dad wants to get rid of cable and the 4s are a big step ahead. Giving them them the newer remote because mine got crushed by a LaZBoy and has a dent. I usually get them nicer things like this used, so it not being new isnt going to be an issue. They dont have a 4k tv do the 5 wouldnt be much benefit other than a bit faster. |
| Topic | there's a possum in my vackyard |
| blu 07/27/20 5:04:26 PM #20 | Back in grad school this opossum lived at my apartments. At one point I bought 4 dozen crappy donuts at Walmart for like $5 or something. I put a donut in my back porch for cats to eat each night (I gave them a variety of things), and the possum started living in the tree outside my bedroom window, waiting for me to put a donut down for it and then getting it. I switched to doing it in the morning, and the opossum started coming out in the daytime and getting it, so I could watch it closely through the glass back door. Eventually apartment people took it away. |
| Topic | Is it more fulfilling to plant a $5 tree than or to donate $5 to have 5 trees |
| blu 07/27/20 5:01:05 PM #1 | planted? Probably the former. Why? Shouldnt fulfillment be about the effect you make? |
| Topic | Prediction: a teenage McDonald's employee will be shot to death in August |
| blu 07/27/20 4:40:57 PM #11 | pionear posted... And it already happened: to be fair id be surprised if there werent McDonalds shootings on south side okc every couple of years. |
| Topic | Do you shop at 'Dollar' Stores? |
| blu 07/27/20 4:35:57 PM #8 | Yes. Idk which one, it had dollar in the name. |
| Topic | ITT: post your back log's |
| blu 07/27/20 2:47:08 PM #4 | Its too big. ive been getting through 2-3 a week. Itll be reasonable sometime this year unless I get a life |
| Topic | pretzels absolutely ruin chex mix |
| blu 07/27/20 2:44:51 PM #10 | The only good pretzels are covered in white chocolate. |
| Topic | I am house sitting/dog watching for 5 days and I want to prank the owners. |
| blu 07/27/20 12:45:47 PM #11 | Wireless WiFi speaker. So you can activate it from outside their house in the midols of the night. |
| Topic | New Snapchat update is cool. Know what the map is? |
| blu 07/26/20 8:03:56 PM #1 | Id like to have that map, but not in Snapchat. |
| Topic | When you get a high score on an arcade game do you use your real name? |
| blu 07/26/20 6:10:08 PM #6 | Initials |
| Topic | You cat people and your cats. |
| blu 07/26/20 5:59:17 PM #26 |  I love my kitty. |
| Topic | Most expensive private high schools in America |
| blu 07/26/20 4:57:57 PM #11 | BUMPED2002 posted... It definitely keeps anyone out who doesn't make at least $300,00 annually. Hourly paid people almost have no chance of sending their kid to one of these schools not unless they offer financial aide. Definitely not. I have a friend who went to a HS that cost about 50k. His parents just prioritized education over anything else, they were both professors, definitely not making that much. His high school through graduate education cost like 500k, sometimes hes an ass about how well educated he is. I remind him I was positive 30k (from stipend, I had free undergrad and grad school) and we make the same amount in equal jobs. kangolcone posted... Are you high? It depends on what you mean by a good portion. About 20% of American should be able to live like the median American family and still buy a nice new Mercedes every year. 20% is a good portion. The key is and live like the median American family. They cant afford at their current lifestyle because they inflated it. |
| Topic | Tales of Vesperia is $15 on Humble |
| blu 07/26/20 9:34:46 AM #12 | I think it's that on psn also rn |
| Topic | Best Catherine today. Great story. |
| blu 07/25/20 7:42:28 PM #1 | Beat* https://xkcd.com/ Gameplay is okay. Some block combinations were clever and I like how skill was Just your ability to figure out techniques. Great story though, I usually am not into video game stories these days. |
| Topic | I beat Battlefront 2. It was meh. |
| blu 07/25/20 3:15:09 PM #1 | Glad I got 115 GB off my system. But, it's cool how varied the campaign was with different styles of gameplay. None were just that fun. |
| Topic | How long did/do you think you'll date before getting engaged? |
| blu 07/25/20 3:14:25 PM #46 | My grandparents married in two weeks while they were in their young 20's. Met on a bus tour, grandpa's current gf was pregnant at the time and he left her for my grandma. Still together like 60 years later. DirtBasedSoap posted... ...lol Yeah, I agree. I don't think diminishing returns kicks in that hard until after 3+ years. After 1 year that still seems like a fresh relationship to me. |
| Topic | How long did/do you think you'll date before getting engaged? |
| blu 07/25/20 11:42:32 AM #30 | Im at 2.5 years and dont feel anywhere near ready. The extra 10-15k back in tax benefits would be really nice, but Im content to otherwise not be married, at least in current relationship. |
| Topic | Have you guys listened to Taylor Swift's new album yet? |
| blu 07/25/20 9:28:07 AM #29 | Shes hot. Her music is good. She has a good personality. Shes great. |
| Topic | How long did/do you think you'll date before getting engaged? |
| blu 07/24/20 9:55:04 PM #6 | Clench281 posted... I am engaged I have never heard you mention your fianc. Being young and in academics I sorta thought you were single. Congratulations. |
| Topic | How long did/do you think you'll date before getting engaged? |
| blu 07/24/20 8:55:36 PM #1 | Girlfriends friend just got engaged after a year of knowing someone, made me wonder. |
| Topic | What do you do for a living? |
| blu 07/24/20 4:28:57 PM #15 | Oncology Physicist working in a satellite campus of a university. Bulk of my day is spent running around like a chicken putting out technical fires. We make sure radiation is being handled safely and cancer patients are being treated to high standards, and basically solve any problem in the clinic and make it run. Once a year I calibrate a machine, but I dont really do much calibration work. Thats a separate sub field. My goal in the field is to travel clinic to clinic across the US and fill in for periods when staffing is low. Its a bit until I have the experience to do this. |
| Topic | Did any geographically large countries (inhabited throughout) handle the virus |
| blu 07/24/20 4:09:40 PM #1 | well? I could see it being significantly easier for it to be handled well in Italy than USA. |
| Topic | I landed a really awesome job... |
| blu 07/24/20 11:12:14 AM #14 | Miroku_of_Nite1 posted... Yikes. 9/80 is awesome. Coming from salary and 5 10s being standard with randomly expected 60-70h weeks based on need...the idea of getting a day off for more work sounds insane and amazing. |
| Topic | I landed a really awesome job... |
| blu 07/24/20 9:59:13 AM #7 | Thats awesome. Government work seems like it gives a great lifestyle. I get a bit jealous when I hear friends say if they work more than 40h it means they get the time to use as PTO. As opposed to hearing 40h is for slackers >_< |
| Topic | I landed a really awesome job... |
| blu 07/24/20 9:29:10 AM #5 | Whats awesome about it? |
| Topic | I can't believe how high gamestop trade values are... |
| blu 07/24/20 9:17:31 AM #1 | Pretty much every switch game I own trades in for $38.50. Debating on selling all the ones I beat except for Smash/Kart/Party. But, I do like having them :/ all for some silly reason. Then a ton of my PS4 game are $8-11 trade credit that I got years ago for $15-20. Going to remove them from the cases and trade them in and make a collage from the box art. It's definitely cheaper to go physical than digital when factoring in sales...but also digital you get to keep a copy of the game and physical you'd have to sell back for that to be true. Digital is cheaper to 'own', physical is cheaper to 'rent'. I don't see why people hate on their trade values. They're maybe 10% under what you'd get on eBay or Facebook Market with much less effort. |
| Topic | Trump gives you $500,000,000 but you have to say one nice thing about him |
| blu 07/23/20 7:41:07 PM #20 | Come on guys, there has to be something in politics you agree with him on or something you think he did well. |
| Topic | The more you realize, the more you realize there is nothing to realize. |
| blu 07/23/20 7:33:38 PM #1 | The more you realize, the more you realize there is nothing to realize. The idea that there's somewhere we have got to get to, and something we have to attain, is our basic delusion - Tenzin Palmo Short page and semi-interesting...but cool quote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Palmo |
| Topic | What JRPG do I buy? |
| blu 07/23/20 7:30:41 PM #20 | Looks like I'll be playing both, Trails in the Sky and Resonance of Fate. Thank you Judgmenl, I'll try getting that working. Which first depends on ease. At worst I looked into it and I can get a discounted copy of windows from work. |
| Topic | What JRPG do I buy? |
| blu 07/23/20 2:36:55 PM #16 | So starting with Cold Steel is a very bad idea then? I don't have windows right now but this series looks cool. I might have to get Windows. |
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