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Inviso posted...

But we're still a society that glorifies the police, glorifies guns, glorifies the rich (every time they do something reasonably decent), and most importantly, we're a society made up of individuals who all think we're the center of the fucking universe, and that any effort to do something that might not benefit a specific individual directly is therefore not wasting time on in the eyes of that individual.

Yeah, most of this is still (neo)liberal

Like, you are describing California

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kevwaffles posted...

"They should give more aid" and "Biden is backing down from what he said" are two very different things. One is an opinion, the other is a blatant falsehood.

It's not really a falsehood so much as it is getting so mad at the semantic game that you continue to play it. "Biden is backing down" is not really the point of the frustration.

Either way what I'm trying to say here is that this is wasted energy. The original stimulus should have been 2k, the Dems are doing that slowly, everyone needs to move on to the next thing

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I think arguing over the terminology of if this is really a $2000 check or if really this is Dems stiffing people is equally, as Tony puts it, "Democrat brain."

It doesn't fucking matter. However much the January check is for, they still need to give more aid.

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Okay I've seen multiple different times, for example that tweet lists two between the text and the site preview

This has to be some weird bug, right

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I hope it's Remake more than Remaster of Crisis Core because CC's gameplay was not great on release and probably hasn't aged well!

Just slam that FF7R battle system in there that's the good shit

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LapisLazuli posted...

Yes Wang, the capitol attack was not as bad as people are making out to be.

It was worse!

People acting like this was an isolated incident and therefore not really that bad and not representative of America's growing fascist movement really fucks me up

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TheRock1525 posted...

The Incredible Hulk
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 2
Ant-Man
Ant-Man and the Wasp

I'll give you that these are about as bad or worse than Age of Ultron, but AoU is still bad

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I didn't even find Hetsu before Kakariko Village because I went in a different way. But I ended up going to Lost Woods with I think a little over 100 seeds.

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Raka_Putra posted...

While we're here, are Ambrosias worth holding on to when you're not in late game?

No. It's absolutely better to trade ambrosias for blood in the early and even midgame. You need much more Titan Blood than Ambrosia.

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Oh another extremely pro tip for Theseus/Asterius is that Theseus is wide open on his special attack at 50% HP. You want to be hitting him as much as possible when he uses it. Ideally you've cleared Asterius first, and it's definitely easier to do with on some patterns than others. I was beating him by running and fighting the normal way for a while but personally I find this so much easier than dealing with the normal aoes on top of his base attack pattern once he gets to 50%.

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For the base weapons, I think bow is probably the best, then rail, then maybe shield although I personally dislike base shield. None of the weapons are bad, though some benefit way more from upgrading Aspects than others, and a lot just comes down to playstyle. That said, the ranged weapons aren't my favorites but they for sure carried my early game.

Special shoutouts to Rail because there are certain boons and hammer upgrades you can get for it that will just tear enemies apart.

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KamikazePotato posted...

In the days before Trump supporters' attempted insurrection, the Department of Defense placed major limitations on the tactics, equipment, and resources the DC National Guard could make use of in dealing with protesters, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

Pentagon officials sent memos on January 4 and January 5 banning DC guardsmen from receiving ammo and riot gear, engaging with protesters (except for self-defense), sharing equipment with local police, or using surveillance or air assets without explicit approval from Trump's acting Defense Secretary, Christopher Miller, according to the Post.

Damn I wish the government would keep this same energy with protests that aren't by fascists

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Suprak the Stud posted...

Well I do not want him replaced in terms of WV. I want him replaced as senator number 50 absolutely though yeah.

Yeah honestly my perspective here is that if Dems could cobble together a different majority, I would have zero problems with Manchin losing his job. Past that point it would only matter if he created a supermajority and lol at that idea.

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We understand and agree on all this. And you even want to replace the guy to make him literally useless.

I'm just saying - having 50 Democrats is what is actually useful. Manchin is not specifically useful as anything but that he happens to be one of 50. He's not special.

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masterplum posted...

Calling someone worthless scum for not supporting checks is just a little extreme.

Counterpoint: no it isn't because this is actually something that's important

And even if you say Manchin is useful solely because he is a Democrat, that doesn't make him specifically useful in this scenario, if he is opposing the Democrat platform. He can only be useful to the extent that he doesn't sabotage any legislation. That's his one job!

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It's not even clear PR statehood would definitely benefit Democrats either due to how their political parties work. That won't stop the GOP from objecting to it though because there is little for them to gain and more to lose.

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Stacey Abrams is getting a disproportionate amount of praise and there's a lot of cringeposting but I think downplaying her contribution while not mentioning all the other organizing going on in Georgia is pretty cynical. Her strategy works, there needs to be more people doing it, the positive energy around it is good, it just isn't all on her.

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TheRock1525 posted...

Except they're not at all the same. Clinton didn't then go out and deliver repeated victories in a once red state.

I'll rephrase

Abrams losing was not a win for Dems, what Abrams did after was. Two separate but related events. It is still possible Abrams (and the other organizers in Georgia) would still flip Georgia if she had won governor.

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TheRock1525 posted...

So... was Stacey Abrams getting screwed out of the governor's seat an overall victory for Dems?

I disagree with this framing

That's like saying Hillary losing 2016 was an overall victory for Dems in 2020. There's too many variables at play.

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Corrik7 posted...

1. It can be filibustered.
2. Dems likely are more worried about aid to states and many other things on their laundry list and such than the $2000.

I'm sure there are senators crazy enough to do it but it would be pretty insane to see a senator filibuster a $2000 stimulus check after everything that's happened.

Anyways I think they could do it through budget reconciliation, which bypasses the filibuster.

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Shadow Dino posted...

(5.4) I did have a laugh at G'raha fanboying over Lyse. Wonder if that's a meta joke, considering her reputation in the community.

This makes sense in-universe and I don't get the impression that the writers know or care about the community backlash on Lyse at all.

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HashtagSEP posted...

Eh, to be fair, this is the case for rare physical games, too, since it only exists to the people that have it unless you're willing to greatly overpay for it, which most people aren't. Likewise, those digital games would exist to the people that still have them.

To be fairer, in the case of the physical game the digital archive still has to be made. With digital copies it has already been done, but it's artificially made unavailable.

There's also the subject of longevity - what happens when the hardware starts breaking and you can no longer access it? This is obviously also a problem with physical copies but again, with digital the solution should already exist. But something like PT is just gonna be gone officially when every PS4 capable of playing it breaks, besides pirated archives. And it's already impossible to access "new" copies besides piracy.

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MoogleKupo141 posted...

most of these games wouldnt exist if not for digital distribution, so this is less a digital vs. physical question and more a digitize vs never existing question

these little $6 games were never going to be printed to a cartridge

But a game that is lost this way might as well have never existed unless someone (illegally) archived it or the devs labor to make a different version available. This is still an issue specifically applying to the digital distribution era.

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Lightning Strikes posted...

However, this isnt a physical vs. digital issue, its a good digital maintenance issue, which you shouldnt expect from console makers who need to push their new hardware and thus leave the old hardware (and their digital storefronts) behind. Hopefully with backwards compatibility becoming the norm this will change. Only Xbox are fully committed to aiming to have the entire library available though.

I feel like this is splitting hairs when the criticism is that priority changes based on profit motive and the company's whims. Nintendo used to have good digital management with the Wii/U VC, until they didn't. Any company at any point can decide BC or digital archives it isn't worth it. Even for Microsoft, I assume their interest in backwards compatibility and digital is due to Game Pass and if that shuts down I wouldn't expect them to prioritize it.

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LapisLazuli posted...

I seem to recall him specifically stating this would definitely be a shorter one, unless I'm mistaken.

I believe he has said that each video would be shorter and/or less weird and has basically lied every time

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Personally for me it's not the negativity but how Sterling reveling in the negativity has become kind of their brand. I hate arguing over tone but that's legit what it is for me. I get way more mileage with both well-reasoned constructive criticism from people who like AAA gaming but can't be silent about its flaws and from scalding takedowns from people who cannot stand it. Sterling meanwhile takes this weird medium and the cutesy, irreverent way they present their points just takes all the weight out of it even if I agree with them. The criticism somehow becomes so over-the-top negative that it just falls flat.

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Luis_Sera89 posted...

Best part of the 5.4 story was Merlwyb getting some long overdue screen time and absolutely making the most of it.

I was genuinely surprised they gave that character good development after ignoring and handwaving that plotline for so long. Really feels like the writers are starting to tie up most of the loose ends.

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I was gonna say, Mitch will be 84 in 2026 so even then he only has to care if he plans on leading the Senate until he dies.

But that most likely is his actual plan

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Underleveled posted...

I actually have to wonder, does the fact that Joe's human body was on screen for a lot longer than in most other such cases make it better, or does the fact that he was voiced by Tina Fey for a large chunk of that time make it worse?

It's largely neutral because they handled this specific element in a way that makes sense and knew when to drop the gimmick when it was Important, but it's still bad.

My honest opinion is that people at Pixar took this really tired animated movie trope and went "ok we can do this but actually good tho" and attempted that, but really...it's just a bad concept. Now that Pixar has tried and failed I don't think it can be salvaged into something interesting at this point.

Like again the best thing I can say about it is that they animated the joke extremely well, and that still didn't make it funny enough

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The animation for the afterlife segments was phenomenal. It is such an infuriatingly hilarious flex that Pixar has run out of "normal" things to impress people by animating and have just decided to do abstract 2D characters in a 3D animation. They're so good at this it actually makes me mad.

(still, I think I would personally take Spiderverse over it, just because I love that shit)

The rest of the movie I thought was pretty mid. This is a cynical take, but I was worried it would just be a worse hybrid of Inside Out and Coco and that's exactly what it was. There was a twist, sure, but the twist was bad (post #2 nails it). Ironically, this one lacks the soul those other two movies had. At best it was okay and at my most cynical it's blatant award baiting from Pixar.

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BetrayedTangy posted...

We do have to remember it's Square. Their track record this past decade hasn't exactly been great. I wouldn't be surprised if they completely changed things for no reason.

If FF7R wasn't already as good as it is, I'd be a lot more skeptical. After that I think even if they do change things it'll end up as something worthwhile. 7R is loaded with fanservice while also going out of its way to keep things fun and fresh, and they just have to keep that up.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Usually when you do a change the future storyline, there's a bad future you're trying to prevent happening. I get why Sephiroth would want the future to change. It makes sense for him. FFVII generally has a good ending though, unless you're trying to create a future where everyone lives for some reason.

I mean, maybe I'm wrong! I just don't see the point.

I mean yes, I think that is what they are setting up, though I don't think that will be what actually happens.

Personally my money is on Aerith is trying to avert her own death, but it will still end up happening, but later in the story and hopefully in a way where she overtly exerts more agency then getting lmao backstabbed for plot reasons. I don't really like the theories that someone else will die instead but it's possible.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Yo internet, it's possible the guy who's name is coming up right now could be connected to the car bomb, but maybe don't dox this person until we have more info?

We did it reddit!

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LeonhartFour posted...

I mean, I wouldn't even consider those major changes. Those were all minor characters in the original game. Zack didn't become important until Crisis Core. I feel like Sephiroth isn't really going to let them get off course that much. That's kind of what the ending seemed to imply, too.

I think it's very unlikely Zack remains a minor character after he has become more important due to Crisis Core and then the game makes a big deal about him surviving. Some of the writing staff from CC are on FF7R as well. Also, Sephiroth at the end of the game is trying to get Cloud to join him and change both of their destinies, so I'm not convinced he cares too much about remaining on course. He even kills Barret not too long before that, though it gets healed by the remake ghosts.

I think this is all a pretty straightforward interpretation!

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LeonhartFour posted...

it's not confirmed but I think they'd be foolish to completely rewrite the story and they know it

they've said they want to do justice to the original game, and rewriting it isn't how you do that

Then they must be foolish because they already did?

If you're taking "rewrite" to mean they're going to throw the whole thing out, obviously not, but it's likely they will hit most of the same beats but toss in some more major swerves. That's exactly what the first part was!

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The pacing is weird but I don't think it was bloated too much out of control. Like they could have probably shaved 10 hours off to make it about 25-30 and that would have been perfect.

The sidequest areas are alright, the combat system is fun enough to keep you wanting more of it, the "filler" is mostly good with some parts that do suck. Basically I'm happy with most of the dungeons but there's a couple that drag on way too long for where they are in the story (looking at you, sewer level).

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Yankees posted...

I feel like the contest of champions isn't going to be like what we expect. It got me thinking about who Taravangian would choose as his champion. Rayse may have been grooming Vyre, but I don't think Taravangian will do that.

It seems to me that Sanderson is implying heavily it's this new El dude, from what little we know he's a Fused that fell out of favor under Rayse and the other Fused since he has great respect for humans, but that aligns him with Taravangian. That might be a little straightforward for him, but we also know it's less about the contest than the leadup so there is still plenty of room for swerves.

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why is Marianne Williamson back. stop this. she's just using these reasonable takes to hide her crazy orb witchery

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CoolCly posted...

I'm gonna go ahead and speculate now that Brandon needs something to happen in Mistborn Era 3's finale before Stormlight Era 2 begins which is why he wants to push them all out in a row. He's left himself in a tight spot if that's the case!

Likely, although AFAIK Mistborn Era 3 should still be taking place after Stormlight Era 2 so it's still very strange. Given recent events it's probably getting harder for him to avoid having each series spoil the other as we get into more and more big reveals.

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Mac Arrowny posted...

Wonder what the length'll be like on the Mistborn Era 3 books? For reference: https://preview.redd.it/atqgxuq744f31.png?width=870&format=png&auto=webp&s=07c75447e195f8f776ef66d14ba7b8861efb6ee5

SotS always so much hype.

Honestly hope they're closer in length to the Wax & Wayne books because those are nice and tight. None of the bloat that Stormlight and the Era 1 Mistborn books can get up to, and while Sanderson being overly indulgent can be fun at times it's often hit-or-miss.

Yeah, I'm looking at you, Well of Ascension. Why the fuck is the Mistborn book where next to nothing happens the longest one?

Still, gonna be rough waiting 2 years for the final Era 2 book.

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SantaRPidgey posted...

The reason people bend a knee in this specific way is that china can with a flip of a switch completely block an industry/company from their gigantic population. If China was a free market where global ideas were made or broken based on their own merit there wouldn't be even a little problem.

so what you're saying is, true capitalism has never been tried

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BN3

Probably 9 for the platformer series

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Djungelurban posted...

Somehow I kinda doubt that China annexing Poland would generate much in a way of response though. There would be a strong condemnation for sure, which is the equivalent of telling Charles Manson he's a naughty boy who did a naughty thing and you're very disappointed in him, but it would probably end there. Maybe some trade sanctions too, which later would be quietly lifted as soon as the public has found something new to be upset about. If I was in Taiwan I'd be seriously worried by now...

You really don't have to act like world politics were uniquely better in the past, dude.

And we also have more direct parallels than China here - Russia annexed Crimea earlier this decade and India annexed Kashmir a year ago and have basically recieved the blind eye you are talking about.

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Djungelurban posted...

China's strangehold on the world is quite shocking honestly. Shows that the Nazi's biggest problem, apart from the genocide and general evilness, was that they entered the scene a century too early. If it happened right now countries would be all like "but let's remember the corporate interests and business opportunities and growth potential" and then turn a blind eye and do nothing.

Setting aside the hotness of this take, turning a blind eye was literally the response to Germany annexing multiple other countries before Poland forced action.

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https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1340013516628103170?s=19

Alright so that's PlayStation, Xbox, and now all physical retail store copies both digital and physical. Are we missing any platforms? Steam maybe? We are very close to 100% unlaunch status if we aren't there already


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Oh also an interesting tidbit from the article

The meeting took place before Sony Corp.s shocking announcement that it was pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and will offer full refunds to any customer who requests one. During the staff meeting, CD Projekts directors said they had come to an arrangement with Sony but didnt offer specifics. In a Twitter post on Friday, the company said that following our discussion with PlayStation, a decision was made to temporarily suspend digital distribution of the game.

So I guess both companies did sign off on some version of the delisting.

Anyways as someone who bought this on PC, I hope the devs go on strike and leave the game unfinished for months.

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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1339975201199632386?s=20

Absolutely based devs

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redrocket posted...

I mean, CDPR should definitely look like the head clown by a big margin.

They do, that's why I said various levels of clownery are afoot, this is an entire fiesta.

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iiicon posted...

yeah it's definitely worse. WB pulled it from Steam on their own accord. this is CDPR throwing Sony under the bus and Sony responding by nuking them.

How is this Sony nuking them? They're losing the sales money too. From a PR perspective everyone involved in this still looks like various degrees of clown to me.

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Corrik7 posted...

Basically I think you think something that isn't likely true because you are not in the scenario and are talking backwards at it.

It is like someone who says they would absolutely have ran back to save the child in a burning building because it is not actual scenario in front of them. When in the actual scenario, they might not actually do that at all not because they wouldn't have wanted to or thought they would have, but because in the actual moment sometimes that isn't what you actually do.

Corrik, I'm actually willing to meet you halfway here and say that most of the elected Democrat politicians who support abolishing the Electoral College wish to do so for their own personal benefit (to ensure Democrats win elections, which you seem to be caught up on), but I promise you the normal people doing so and especially the ones in this topic do not care specifically which party benefits from a popular vote.

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