Lurker > YellowMustard69

Makes sense. People should have to demonstrate they can handle watching TV first before they are allowed to do so freely. Otherwise it can be dangerous.

Ending corn subsidies might be a great benefit of eliminating the electoral college.

Mario 1
Sonic 1
Twisted Metal 1
Halo 1

I don't like desert. It's coarse and irritating and it gets everywhere.

Wasn't there a lot of rape back then?

You as the viewer decide. The creator cannot force the audience to accept anything as cannon.

K181 posted...

He's basically putting a mountain next to a molehill and decrying both.

He stated multiple examples from Trump whereas only one for Pelosi, and one for Olbermann, and then complimented Biden on his maturity.

CruelBuffalo posted...

Correct, but by failing to do that hes making them seem the same. Hence both sides

Yeah but then if he just attacks one side then he will be perceived as being unfair.

K181 posted...

I like Romney. I've voted for him three times (two primaries and one general).

The same things both sides garbage needs to stop. Nobody on the left is plotting to overthrow the government, refuse to concede if they lose, or catering to white supremacy.

Knock it off. There's a clear right and wrong choice in November with the current state of the GOP. I'm not calling the Dems angels or perfect or anything, but their shit stains are manageable compared to piles of dung that the GOP are dropping everywhere.

And he's in fucking Utah, the one conservative state that actually has a sizable anti-Trump right, and his next election is four years away. Just cut Trump and start talking about the need to move past Trumpism.

Romney isn't saying who to vote for or measuring which of the two sides are worse, though.

I think so. In most cities I've lived in, houses and apartments in the downtown area are the oldest, cheapest, and junkiest.

I just realized I'm getting tactics ogre mixed up with ogre battle for Super Nintendo whoops

IndustrialTrudg posted...

It's not that complicated....

I felt like everything was done automatically. That I spent most of the time moving my character around a world map, then the battles would be sort of automatic. There was no grid to move characters around on and have a big epic battle like in FFT.

So it was more me thinking "this is the game?" And not being able to accept it and thinking I'm missing something then it is that I was actually confused about how to play.

I tried playing tactics ogre...got about 20 min into it and had no idea wtf was going on or how to move my characters around and fight a battle. I yearned for FFT.

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Let me try and explain this a little better:

Insurance companies are allowed to do this. The law specifically grants them the privilege to do so. The law is public information, so it's not a hidden thing. The insurance companies also include this in info in their disclosures/policy.

Insurance companies are not allowed to do this unless it's rounded after everything else has been calculated. They can't purposefully make their services cost a certain amount so that the total usually lands above 50 cents forcing the total to round up. So with that in mind, how can you say insurance companies are going to profit from this?

Their computer systems are capable of calculating the cost of premiums down to the 100th of a cent if they wanted to. But they don't do that because you have to round somewhere at some point. Some companies round to the penny, some round to the dollar. So if companies that round to the nearest dollar are unethical, then companies that round to the nearest penny are unethical too (just to a smaller degree). I can't get on board with that logic.

DarkRoast posted...

Deus Ex?
System Shock 2?

Good but never as perfectly as f,f7

Nobody has done the Cyberpunk theme correctly since FF7.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Google salami slicing.

This isn't an example of salami slicing. They round up and they round down. The business is running a risk of losing money as much as they are of gaining. And it sounds like they have it setup so that customers are informed that it's their policy to round, so that they can make an informed choice.

There is no ethics concern here. TC did not just uncover the latest insurance scandal that's going to make national headlines.

Medussa posted...

you're right. he should release them all right now. he did promise to, after all.

but you're also wrong. not releasing them doesn't provide no information. it tells us that he's not willing to release them, even though he promised to. that's also a very intriguing story.

It absolutely is. There could be something he is hiding in his tax returns. But right now people are just setting themselves to potentially have egg on their face is he does release them and there is nothing noteworthy about them.

Also, taxes are easy to spin in one way or another when writing an article for an audience that knows little about them. That's why I'm saying we need to see them.

MFBKBass5 posted...

lmao working with tax returns doesnt mean you understand shit about taxes

???

I don't understand your angle here. I'm not pro Trump but the left needs to stop saying they know anything significant about his tax returns because taxes are complicated and you have to know what you're looking at, and you have to look at multiple years to understand carryovers, capital gains, deferred taxes, etc it just goes on and on.

But I'm all ears if you know something about them that I don't.

MFBKBass5 posted...

Aaaand theres another person who has no idea how taxes work.

I have 10 years experience working with tax returns. You have to look at them in order to understand then. There is no way around that.

a lot of people who watch SNL don't have a good sense of humor. Burr is a genius, but some people would rather keep it family friendly.

Not saying he couldn't have done better, but people are clearly not judging his monologue for the humor quality but rather the content. They weren't gonna laugh no later what.

You were able to see his tax returns? Nobody should be forming conclusions about them until they are released for the public.

Outlast

I remember it being difficult. I could only beat it on easy and even then it was a challenge.

Biden has a way higher chance of winning than Hillary did at this point.

Imagine being his brother Omar Gooding who's only claim to fame is hosting Wild and Crazy Kids on Nickelodeon?

He'd probably blame it on Satan like he does everything else.

I also smoke weed. I'm doing it right now.

nfearurspecimn posted...

dude, the plasma rifle is literally the best gun except for when the situation calls for the BFG instead

I find the plasma rifle to be loud, annoying, and ineffective against tougher enemies. I like the pump shotgun, chaingun, and rocket launcher. Only three guns you need.

It's good for business, that's for sure.

There's nothing wrong with grey or white hair. It's just as beautiful as any other color.

My stance on the Biden debate thing was that I didn't care whether or not Biden was being fed answers, and that we shouldn't judge him negatively if he was.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Yet they refunded her money when questioned

Gosh, how unethical of them.

I don't have a problem with anyone wishing death on anyone.

Very sorry to hear this. Seemed like a great guy.

I thought conception occurred after the sperm had already been ejaculated into the vagina, when the sperm joins with the egg, which can occur up to six days after sex.

Trump has condemned white supremacy several times over the past few years. Yet, people aren't satisfied with that, so I don't think that's what anyone actually wants from him.

Ruvan22 posted...

Maybe they flipped her the bird when she asked them? And balled up their fists in a threatening manner?

Maybe. I feel like the server would have mentioned that.

Ruvan22 posted...

You've gone into whether health precaution and criticism of Trump were justified in the past. In the topic on the waitress being written "Mask" you've brought up possible reasons to justify the customer's behavior towards her (maybe she wagged her finger).

Still, none of that addresses my observation. Feel free to prove it wrong :)

You're looking at things very circumstantially. What does the mask tip story have to do with Trump anyway?

Ruvan22 posted...

A) I haven't seen these "millions" in this topic, actually a couple like Neo trying to draw attention to smaller variables
B) Taking your first statement as true - you've seen as many negative China statements from the left as the right? So far his campaign manager, chief of staff, press secretary, director of health services, etc have all been attacking China. Who on the left has?
C) You say picking up the slack... do you ever do so in a way that doesn't favor Trump?

I look favorably upon politicians from both sides. So yes, I do. I have made quite a few comments defending Biden in the past couple months, and even stated that I will be voting for Biden, for whatever that is worth.

It sounds like you want to try and point out that one side is worse than the other. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I don't get into things that specifically.

Ruvan22 posted...

That doesn't answer or contradict my observations about your posting style

I don't even subscribe to the concept of "justify". I don't think about justifications, ever.

What I'm thinking about is the safety of the employees tasked with moving signs and stuff. If there's any way to get the property owner to move the sign first and foremost, it should be exercised.

Also, I find it very unprofessional that restaurant employees would share information about how much their customers tipped them with the media. Not a good look.

Beyond01 posted...

I think its funny how negative tip stories make it on the news. Not enough to cover I guess.

Breaking news. Today a restaurant server didn't get tipped because she told a customer they had to wear a mask. In order to get a fair report on what took place, our news team interviewed the server, and only the server, to give us a completely unbiased account of the events as they unfolded.

Server: "I did nothing wrong at all. I was being super nice and friendly. And then he wrote 'mask' instead of giving me a tip on the credit card receipt. The man was having a bad day, and he took it out on poor ol' me.:

There you have it, folks. A man is having a bad day, goes out to eat, and then doesn't tip his server.

Jagr_68 posted...

"No mask, no service" is as objective and direct as it fucking gets for a server's testimony.

Yeah, but how she did say it? Did she use those exact words? Did she wag her finger at them? People tip based on their experiences like this. I mean, obviously the people should have wore their masks, but I'm looking at this from a customer experience perspective. I'm 100% pro tipping, but I also believe tips should always be earned, and if they aren't then the server should try and recall how everything went and try to pinpoint things they could have improved upon, even if they already did a good job.

Ruvan22 posted...

You frequently seem to look for ways to justify pro Trump actions despite claiming you don't favor him...

I asked a question to fill a gap in knowledge I had about the situation, as I must have glossed over that part.

It doesn't matter either way in terms of how I feel about who's responsible. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to set booby traps, and for good reason, regardless of the situation. It's a shitty thing to do, and I hope whoever did it is held responsible.

Does the city not ask the owner of the property to move it first? They just send somebody onto their property and do it?

I'm sorry, but a "we round to the nearest dollar" policy is by no means unethical or illegal.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Eh, it is kinda bullshit.

"Oh its only 49 cents" well if you got 30 million clients that adds up fast

Reminds if that woman who keeps suing Walmart (and winning) because they falsely advertise some of their deals as .99 but then it comes up as a whole dollar.

They literally make millions of dollars by doing that, intentionally or not

Yeah but if they round up and down, it should wash out over time for both the customers and the company.

That's just it. The Chinese government has done some stuff, but the way politicians talk about it they just vaguely say China or Chinese when it should be specified who specifically did what or why it's bad.