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| Topic | Election Day General 3: The Waiting Game |
| ThePieReborn 11/05/20 8:42:03 PM #480 | UnfairRepresent posted... "If he (Trump) did lose then he would not win."People die when they are killed. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Trump shitshow at 6PM EST |
| ThePieReborn 11/05/20 5:53:55 PM #6 | Man shits his britches on live TV. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | hades is so good that im about to nut |
| ThePieReborn 11/05/20 4:19:57 PM #7 | Character designs are good all around, too. Nyx is exceedingly pretty. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | The thing is, and always has been, he's very stupid. |
| ThePieReborn 11/05/20 10:55:14 AM #4 | "We would have won if certain people didn't vote." Fucking brilliant observation, doofus. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | 25 y/o Republican DEFEATS AOC to be the YOUNGEST CONGRESSMAN elected!! |
| ThePieReborn 11/04/20 8:30:25 PM #16 | DD Divine posted... This guy is a little strange: calling Hitlers retreat a bucket list place to visitNotwithstanding it being the summer home of an absolute monster, the Eagle's Nest is a frequent place for tours. My law school had a program where over the summer they'd take a tour of a lot of places in Europe culminating in a trip to the Hague and a moot court/mock trial competition with other schools. The Eagle's Nest was one of the stops on the trip. Now I wouldn't jump to put it on my bucket list of places to visit (the only places on my list are the camps, oddly enough), but it's not necessarily indicative of particular leanings. Granted, I know nothing about the guy other than this topic, so *shrug*. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Taking a break from everything. Almost died earlier today. |
| ThePieReborn 11/04/20 8:21:33 PM #28 | Take care, friendo. I hope you make it through. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | what games have you been playing ce |
| ThePieReborn 11/03/20 3:11:17 PM #18 | Still on my Deep Rock Galactic binge. I've been wanting to start up Divinity: Original Sin since I grabbed it and 2 on sale, but I just haven't gotten to it. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | How a Republican Plan to Split a Black College Campus Backfired |
| ThePieReborn 11/01/20 3:22:08 PM #4 | Humble_Novice posted... We want to make clear that we, to the extent, are going to use political data in drawing this map, it is to gain partisan advantage on the map, the Republican legislator David Lewis said at the time. I want that criteria to be clearly stated and understood.The morbidly hilarious part of this quote is that this was said with a particular purpose: to dissuade allegations that the lines were drawn on racial bases. So yeah, admitting to be a piece of shit so that you can't legally be determined to be a piece of shit. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | How old were you when you first played DOOM (1993)? |
| ThePieReborn 10/31/20 5:55:41 PM #8 | Ten, I think? I was born in 93, but my family was always slow on the uptake, so when folks had their shiny PS2s, Xboxes, and Gamecubes (and equivalent gaming PCs for the era), I was still playing Brood War, Doom, Quake, etc. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] iffy on playing through 3 though.Play Plutonia, too. Is gud stuff. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | If the regular Demon's Souls difficulty still exists, why is easy mode bad? |
| ThePieReborn 10/31/20 5:24:34 PM #43 | *looks at multi-million sales for all major releases since Dark Souls* Uh huh. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | If the regular Demon's Souls difficulty still exists, why is easy mode bad? |
| ThePieReborn 10/31/20 5:20:24 PM #39 | And Miyazaki and the fine folks who work at Fromsoft have chosen to not. And it seems to be serving them well. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | If the regular Demon's Souls difficulty still exists, why is easy mode bad? |
| ThePieReborn 10/31/20 5:19:18 PM #37 | Really? The people who ran with the tagline "Prepare to Die" were aiming to target the ever nebulous and broad audience of "people who play video games?" --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | If the regular Demon's Souls difficulty still exists, why is easy mode bad? |
| ThePieReborn 10/31/20 5:12:47 PM #33 | Or they know their audience, and are specifically trying to cater to that audience. You know, the thing that every other creator of particular forms of media does. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Demon's Souls remake has no difficulty options and people are upset. |
| ThePieReborn 10/31/20 12:43:04 PM #143 | People are snobby about film, books, and music. Shit, they're snobby about food, that thing we need as a baseline of existence itself. I don't see why the vidya should escape being a source of snobbiness. That said, not every game needs to be made with every possible and conceivable consumer in mind. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | how come people sever friendships because of political ideology? |
| ThePieReborn 10/30/20 4:12:49 PM #44 | legendary_zell posted... it's not a sports teamSo, and this a pretty obvious observation to make, this isn't the case anymore, at least for some groups of people. A frustration I have is that governance has long-since shifted from public service, but as a means to maintain control for the party. This has trickled down from the assholes doing the governing (a very generous description at times) to folks at large. You see this in the "conservative/liberal/feminist/etc. tears" gimmick. So governance has become all about "winning." When it very clearly shouldn't be. And people who adhere to this sort of thinking, regardless of affiliation, are those who I would make an effort to cut from my life. Because that mindset tells me you (the general you, not you specifically) have no actual ethos, no actual moral compass. And I find that absolutely repugnant. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Guess my parents are getting divorced... |
| ThePieReborn 10/30/20 3:32:32 PM #14 | It is rough. I've been on the outside looking in and also knee-deep in the litigation side, and it's never easy for anyone involved. Do what you think is best with regards to your stepdad and his side of the family, but if you were on good terms then I would say, for whatever it's worth, to keep those channels open. Blood bonds are not the end all be all of family. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Trump Literally Left His Supporters in the Heat |
| ThePieReborn 10/29/20 5:35:00 PM #44 | Lack of shade, excess body heat from the crowd, and high humidity seems pretty likely to cause issues. I have my doubts that the ambient temperature in the immediate locale was only 87 F. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Have you've ever sung or lip synched the theme to MGS3: Snake Eater |
| ThePieReborn 10/29/20 10:34:49 AM #3 | Every time I climb a tall ladder. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Just got a call claiming that my SSN was suspended for suspicious activity. |
| ThePieReborn 10/28/20 2:34:53 PM #42 | My favorites are the IRS scammers who quote statute and regulation numbers at me, assuming they even quote actual statutes. I confess that part of my interest in tax law and why I made it a significant part of my legal education was for these exact scammers. _Rinku_ posted... The scam calls are driving me insane. Sometimes I will just scream into the phone/tell them to fuck off. I worry a bit that I could get into legal trouble for it though.Nah man. Go hogwild with them. Yelling profanities over the phone is kosher, and any actual authority looking to do something against you is not going to call your phone. You'll either get mail or a personal visit. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | "I pledge allegiance to the flag..." |
| ThePieReborn 10/28/20 2:26:31 PM #8 | My allegiance is only to Queen Fragg and her mighty state of hysteria. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | ten years ago, it seems like everyone i know watched the daily show some |
| ThePieReborn 10/28/20 2:23:22 PM #24 | No, I wasn't even aware of it because my parents didn't get cable until 2006. If you're looking for logical consistency on this from me, I've already acknowledged that there is none. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | ten years ago, it seems like everyone i know watched the daily show some |
| ThePieReborn 10/28/20 12:10:02 PM #9 | Honestly, I think my bias against a newcomer stepping into Stewart's role kept me from liking it with Noah at the helm. I very much enjoyed and appreciate Stewart, and I think it wasn't the right move to keep the show name sans Stewart. I may have been inclined to keep watching if it wasn't still called "The Daily Show with..." even though it totally still would have been The Daily Show under new management. I'm just really obstinate about random nonsense like this. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Trump Literally Left His Supporters in the Cold |
| ThePieReborn 10/28/20 10:37:29 AM #57 | DarkRoast posted... Trump holding a rally during a pandemic in fall. Yes, it is his fault.Also agency theory. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Metroidvania fans, which of these should I play next? |
| ThePieReborn 10/27/20 8:13:22 PM #20 | I very much enjoyed Blasphemous. I don't often comment on themes/motifs in game art direction, but I dig its (I assume Catholicism-inspired) art direction. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Oh boy, apparently a Trump rally is going on in Omaha tonight |
| ThePieReborn 10/27/20 2:48:49 PM #7 | That's not an inaccurate statement. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Oh boy, apparently a Trump rally is going on in Omaha tonight |
| ThePieReborn 10/27/20 2:37:42 PM #2 | The Second District is a flip district, so there's that prospect. You know, for that one potential EV. Edit: Oh, and Don Bacon. I'm sure he'll be yammering about Eastman. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | So gay marriage amd Roe V Wade are going to be overturned now, correct? |
| ThePieReborn 10/27/20 1:44:41 PM #35 | The religious sacrament (or however a particular religion typecasts it) is different from the issuance of a marriage license, yes. The former lacks legal significance on its own. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Thank God the Senate went on vacation before a 2nd stimulus |
| ThePieReborn 10/27/20 9:49:51 AM #21 | pegusus123456 posted... I think it's the opposite. They now expect Trump to lose, so they're going to let the economy tank over the next few months. Then when Biden is sworn in and he starts pushing for a stimulus, they suddenly get really worried about the deficit again and start talking about how the Dems are wasting money.Nevermind the jump in the deficit prior to Covid because of a shortsighted tax scheme. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | i don't properly understand the motivation or endgame of holocaust denial |
| ThePieReborn 10/26/20 10:59:22 PM #99 | MutantJohn posted... I've been noticing the alt-right also doing this recently with slavery too, claiming that slaves would oftentimes receive better medical and dental care than free whites in the northern states.It's less about normalization/downplaying the atrocity and more about pushing the narrative that the ever (not-so) nebulous "they" are trying to hide the truth. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | I traded my Pikachu in Pokemon Yellow |
| ThePieReborn 10/26/20 10:34:41 PM #6 | You monster. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | i don't properly understand the motivation or endgame of holocaust denial |
| ThePieReborn 10/26/20 10:19:36 PM #71 | The distinction being lost here is that, in the vast majority of instances, the "questioning the numbers" does not exist within a vacuum. Take post 16 for instance; the subtext may as well be jumping off the monitor/whatever screen you're looking at and smacking you in the face. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | How long will it take for textbooks to paint Trump in a negative light? |
| ThePieReborn 10/26/20 10:10:30 PM #2 | Depends on the locale said textbooks are intended for. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Pastor leaves his church because it has too many Trumpers |
| ThePieReborn 10/26/20 9:53:27 PM #15 | Not everyone can pull a Moses and invoke the powers that be to cause the fat golden calf the idiots propped up to worship to be swallowed by the earth. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | NYPD officers blare 'Trump 2020' from patrol car speakers against code |
| ThePieReborn 10/25/20 9:42:47 PM #27 | Antifar posted... During my career in law enforcement, I had the ironic distinction of having two separate police chiefs in two separate law enforcement agencies in two separate states tell me that I was too intelligent to be a policeman.If it's any comfort, I was also told this in undergrad by a captain with the city's PD who was an adjunct for the criminal justice program. There was also a "proclivity to questioning commands" thrown in there or something to that effect. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | did anyone here actually do the readings for AP english in high school? |
| ThePieReborn 10/25/20 9:40:36 PM #14 | Yes. I also was the only one who actually did the final project which, if I remember right, was supposed to be a collection of essays about a poet we chose. Given my understanding of my high school days, I'd hedge my bets that I chose John Keats. I have no idea if I still have that stuff, though. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Is Remnant from the ashes like Monster Hunter World |
| ThePieReborn 10/24/20 7:59:53 PM #22 | GeneralKenobi85 posted... Don't listen to anyone saying Remnant sucks. It's great. And the boss fights do not suck either, they're one of the highlights of the game. The only real frustrating aspect of Remnant is that since the dungeons and encounters are randomly generated for each campaign you roll, you obviously can't get everything in one playthrough. There is an Adventure Mode separate from the campaign for each world that's intended as a means to encounter the things you missed, but it's still random. You could potentially take ages to roll the dungeon or event for an item or gun you really want.This. The game also starts rather slowly, and gear is slowgoing in the acquisition department at the start. Game picks up when you start getting the non-starter/buff abilities. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Lawyer posting offering 45k |
| ThePieReborn 10/24/20 7:56:36 PM #32 | Average starting here in Nebraska is 55-60 based on the stats from the bar association. Public interest things will get you lower, as well as starting up on your own (which is... questionable, if you're fresh out of school). My current salary as a term judicial clerk is 54ish I think. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Jack Johnson gets too much hate |
| ThePieReborn 10/23/20 10:17:21 PM #2 | What about John Jackson? --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Idiot journalist thinks his ISP is targeting him for anti Biden article |
| ThePieReborn 10/23/20 3:10:11 PM #5 | And I lost my internet for a week minutes before Doom Eternal's Steam release. Clearly a conspiracy. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Why didn't Light just turn pages of the Death Note into printer paper? |
| ThePieReborn 10/23/20 11:13:04 AM #4 | BignutzisBack posted... The pages lose their power as soon as they're ripped out of the bookNo they don't. He kept a piece in his watch for like three quarters of the series, among other instances of using torn out pages. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Article: The Adults in the Room |
| ThePieReborn 10/22/20 10:31:21 PM #7 | I could potentially see myself forgiving the juror. Working for an appellate court, I know all too well the hard realities of working with a record that is the only alternative to speculation. Ken Anderson, on the other hand, deserves to be pilloried and forced through each nanoinstant of hell he put Michael through. He was jailed for 10 days, voluntarily disbarred, but still entitled to his judicial pension. There is no part of that sentence that is anything but an absolute embarrassment to my profession. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Article: The Adults in the Room |
| ThePieReborn 10/22/20 10:21:53 PM #5 | Stalolin posted... The Innocent ManThis one hurt. I had to go outside for a half hour in the rain when I finished the first part to calm down enough to come back and finish it. Fucking hell. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | ketchup on the fries or Dipped on the side? |
| ThePieReborn 10/22/20 8:02:43 PM #5 | 90% of the time I like sauces on the side. I like to control how much I get with each bite. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | This is somehow the saddest thing I've seen from the Trump administration |
| ThePieReborn 10/22/20 5:24:40 PM #5 | I saw that last night when I hopped on the YouTube app for some vids to snooze to. I'm not surprised, but I hate this timeline. --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
| Topic | Describe your last fart using only a movie title... |
| ThePieReborn 10/22/20 5:05:19 PM #15 | Clear and Present Danger --- Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire! |
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